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「新狂言あふむせき」（鸚鵡石） 表紙
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Cover for the book Shin kyôgen Ômu ishi (The Echo Stone for New Plays): Actors in a Play at the Nakamura Theater
「新狂言あふむせき」（鸚鵡石） 表紙
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
20.8 × 149 cm (8 3/16 × 58 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45858.46
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAlbum: 11.45858.1-.46
From a prompt book with selected lines from the play(s), for the use of fans who wanted to practice imitating the voices of famous actors, hence the generic title Echo Stone (literally Parrot Stone).
From a prompt book with selected lines from the play(s), for the use of fans who wanted to practice imitating the voices of famous actors, hence the generic title Echo Stone (literally Parrot Stone).
Signed
Toyokuni ga
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.