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The Fifth Month (Gogatsu): (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Ofune at Takanawa, from the series Selections for Famous Places in Edo in the Twelve Months (Edo meishô mitate jûni kagetsu no uchi)


「江戸名所見立十二ヶ月の内 五月 高輪 おふね」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (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; 36.5 x 25.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22179
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 500-4405
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22179, 11.28732
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7, shita-uri
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印:米良、渡邊、子七、シタ賣
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.