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「当盛六花撰 紫陽花」 初代坂東竹三郎、初代中村鶴蔵
Hydrangea (Ajisai): Actors Bandô Takesaburô I and Nakamura Tsuruzô I, from the series Selection of Six Flowers Currently in Full Bloom (Tôsei rokkasen)
「当盛六花撰 紫陽花」 初代坂東竹三郎、初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.7 x 24 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kurahashi, "Kunisada no yakusha sentaku," Ukiyo-e Art 170 (2015), fig. 1-2 (NDL); Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #66 (second edition, "Ten Flowers"); Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), p. 77
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29246 (first edition, series of 6), 11.42316 (second edition, series of 10), 11.45297 (second edition, series of 10)
From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers...," and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers..." For the sheets already published, the censor's seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors' faces are changed.
From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers...," and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers..." For the sheets already published, the censor's seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors' faces are changed.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (foreground); Hiroshige hitsu (background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、広重筆
豊国画(年玉枠)、広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
彫師：なし
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.