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The First Month (Shôgatsu): (Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as) Miyagino at Asakusa, 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 正月 浅くさ 宮城野」 四代目尾上菊五郎
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 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22183
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 500-4401
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.