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Shelter from the Rain, Encounters on the Road at New Year (Amayadori haru no michizure), No. 8: Actors Nakamura Kantarô I (?), Arashi Kichiroku I, Seki Sanjurô III, unidentified actor


雨舎春の道づれ 「八」 初代中村翫太郎ヵ、初代嵐吉六、三代目関三十郎、?
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 24.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29953
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.