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「梅春霞引始（うめのはるかすみのひきぞめ） 雪踏直し 三筋の伝吉 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjurô I as Settônaoshi Misuji no Denkichi, from the series First Performance of the Year in the Misty Spring of Plum Blossoms (Ume no haru kasumi no hikizome)
「梅春霞引始（うめのはるかすみのひきぞめ） 雪踏直し 三筋の伝吉 河原崎権十郎」（初代）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshimaru II (Japanese, 1844–1907)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshimaru II (Japanese, 1844–1907)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.7 cm (14 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40539
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40539, 11.40545
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche; Yoshimaru hitsu (inset)
国周画（年玉枠）、芳丸筆
国周画（年玉枠）、芳丸筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：戌十改
彫師：上邑彫安
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：戌十改
彫師：上邑彫安
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.
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.