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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I in Three Roles, as Kagekiyo, Toshima from Kachôfûgetsu (Kachôfûgetsu no uchi Toshima), and a Seller of Pinwheels (Fûsha uri)


「景清」・「花鳥風月の内としま」・「風車売」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.8 cm (14 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40236
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale): Kumikaete Kachô Fûgetsu
Play (main feature): Hanano no Tsuki Utô Hitofushi
Theater: Nakamura
英皎うとふ一諷(はなののつきうとうひとふし)
纂花鳥風月(くみかえてかちょうふうげつ)
中村、二番目大切
1859、安政06、09・16
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:未十改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.