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「極楽道中図」 八代目市川団十郎 初代坂東しゅうか (死絵)
On the Road to Heaven (Gokuraku dôchû zu): Memorial Portrait of Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and Bandô Shûka I
「極楽道中図」 八代目市川団十郎 初代坂東しゅうか (死絵)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37 x 49 cm (14 9/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38571a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), #43; Salter, Japanese Popular Prints (2006), pp. 126-7, fig. 132; Hayashi, "Shini-e" (II), Ukiyo-e geijutsu 46 (1975), p. 18, fig. 38
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seals
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.