Actor Ichikawa Ichizô III as Yodoya Tatsugorô, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)

「今様押絵鏡　淀屋辰五郎」　三代目市川市蔵

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.40963

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), fig. 13

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.797, 11.40963

Play: Chûshin Akatsuki no Tori
Theater: Morita
忠臣曙金鶏（ちゅうしんあかつきのとり）
守田
1860、万延０１

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申五改
彫師：横川彫竹

Inscriptions「郭公淀に一声残しけり　蝶升」

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.