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Hotei: Actor Arashi Rikan III, from the series Seven Gods of Good Fortune on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa shichifukujin no uchi)


「隅田川七福神の内 布袋」 三代目嵐璃寛
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Kagaya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 25.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36626
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Tori-jo ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ue Yasu
改印:浜、馬込、丑五
彫師:彫上安
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.