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Seagulls (Kamome): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kirare Yosaburô, from the series A Collection of Popular Birds in Accordance with Your Wishes (Gyoi ni kanai ôiri o tori zukushi)


「御意叶ひ大入を鳥尽 かもめ きられ与三郎」 八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.8 cm (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40969
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申六改
彫師:なし
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.