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Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Both a Courtesan (Yûjo) and Fukusuke, from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)


「四季の内」 「ゆう女」・「福助」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22097
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22097, 11.42817

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Yosete Mimasu Hana no Nishiki-e
Play (main feature): Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami
Theater: Kawarazaki
寄三升花四季画(よせてみますはなのにしきえ) 常磐津、義太夫、長唄
都鳥廓白浪(みやこどりながれのしらなみ)
河原崎、二番目大切
1854、嘉永07、03・01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:改、寅三
彫師:彫巳の
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.