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「当盛見立三十六花撰（とうせいみたてさんじふろくくわせん） 七十八翁一陽斎豊国肖像」
Portrait of Ichiyôsai Toyokuni [Kunisada I], Age 78 (Nanajûhachi-ô Ichiyôsai Toyokuni shôzô), title page of the series Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tôsei mitate sanjûroku kasen)
「当盛見立三十六花撰（とうせいみたてさんじふろくくわせん） 七十八翁一陽斎豊国肖像」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26606
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), p. 13, fig. 3; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #99
DescriptionThe series: 36 sheets (11.42370-11.42405) plus title page (11.26606).
Signed
Ichiôsai Kunichika shinsha, in toshidama cartouche
一鶯斎国周真写（年玉枠）
一鶯斎国周真写（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥四改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥四改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.
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.