Festival Dance at Nihonbashi Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Nihonbashi, omatsuri no odori): Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Tokimune, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)

「木曽六十九駅　東都日本橋　御祭ノ踊　時致」　五代目市川海老蔵

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikyû (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 25.3 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29210

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-1

DescriptionStation 01.

MFA impressions: 11.17320, 11.29210

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Printer's mark: Ô-Hisa
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫竹
摺工：大久

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.