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Imaginary Scene of Actors as Street Vendors in Summer (Haiyû mitate natsu akindo)


「俳優見立夏商人」
Utagawa Sadatora (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 74.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37223a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Sadatora ga (on right and left sheets); Gofûtei Sadatora ga (on center sheet)
貞虎画 五風亭貞虎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.