The Kawaguchi Restaurant: (Actor Bandô Hikosaburô IV as) Jinbei, from the series Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto kômei kaiseki zukushi)

「東都高名会席尽　川口　甚平衛」　四代目坂東彦三郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.30538

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #67; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #8.15, pl. 51; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #48.19

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30538, 11.45219

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on portrait); Hiroshige (on inset)
豊国画（年玉枠）、広重

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
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.