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Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as a Water Vendor (Mizu-uri), from the series A Modern Assortment of Popular Yukata (Hayari yukata tôsei soroi)


「はやりゆかた当世揃」  初代河原崎権十郎の水売り
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daitora
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 24.5 cm (14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39078
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description(見立)
Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino kotô (?)
改印:戌五改
彫師:彫巳之小刀
InscriptionsPoem
「くみたてゝかさる道具もあら磯のゆかたたゝしき水売の声 比良の屋」
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.