View of Cherry Blossoms in the Morning (Asazakura no kei): Actors at Mimeguri Shrine: Seki Sanjûrô II? (R), Iwai Hanshirô V (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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View of Cherry Blossoms in the Morning (Asazakura no kei): Actors at Mimeguri Shrine: Seki Sanjûrô II? (R), Iwai Hanshirô V (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L)

View of Cherry Blossoms in the Morning (Asazakura no kei): Actors at Mimeguri Shrine: Seki Sanjûrô II? (R), Iwai Hanshirô V (C), Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (L)

五代目岩井半四郎　　七代目市川団十郎　「朝桜ノ景」

Utagawa Sadakage I (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Mikawa

Japanese

Edo period

1820s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 x 78.6 cm (14 15/16 x 30 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.37246a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gokotei Sadakage ga (on each sheet)
五湖亭貞景画

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.