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Sagami Province: Aoto Fujitsuna; Musashi Province: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) Omatsuri Sashichi, from the series Modern Views of the Provinces in Color Prints of Edo (Edo nishiki imayô kuni-zukushi)


「江戸錦今様国尽(ゑどにしきいまようくにづくし)」 「青砥藤綱 お祭佐七」(三代目尾上菊五郎ヵ) 「相模」「武蔵」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.3 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15992
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15992, 11.36701
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印:米良、渡邊、子七
彫師:彫多吉
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.