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The Tenth Month (Jûgatsu): (Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as) Asakura Tôgo at Kaian-ji, from the series (Selections for Famous Places in Edo in) the Twelve Months ([Edo meishô mitate] jûni kagetsu no uchi)


「十二ヶ月之内 十月 海案寺 朝倉当吾」 四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22175
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印:浜、馬込、子九
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.