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Shelter from the Rain, Encounters on the Road at New Year (Amayadori haru no michizure), No. 4: Actors Sawamura Tosshô II, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I


「雨舎春の道づれ」 「四」 二代目沢村訥升、初代中村鶴蔵、初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29949
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description10-panel print, numbered right to left: 11.29946 to 11.29955

MFA impressions: 11.29946-55, 11.42191a-j
Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯十二
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.