/internal/media/dispatcher/1108599/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMorning Glory (Kengyûka/asagao): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and Asao Okuyama III, from the series Selection of Six Flowers Currently in Full Bloom (Tôsei rokkasen)1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th monthUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Utagawa Hiroshige IEbisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō)Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke)Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.296960MFA impressions: 11.21909 (first edition, series of 6), 11.29058 (first edition, series of 6), 11.29696 (first edition, series of 6), 11.45292 (second edition, series of 10)
From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers...," and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers..." For the sheets already published, the censor's seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors' faces are changed.Prints35.20000000000.000000000021931701