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「蛍狩当風俗」 三代目市川市蔵 初代中村福助 三代目沢村田之助 初代河原崎権十郎
Fashionable Firefly-hunting (Hotaru-gari Azuma fûzoku): Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I (CR), Sawamura Tanosuke III (CL), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (L)
「蛍狩当風俗」 三代目市川市蔵 初代中村福助 三代目沢村田之助 初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month and 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban tetraptych; 36.2 x 98.6 cm (14 1/4 x 38 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42145a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29133 (center right sheet), *11.29709 (center right sheet; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.42145a-d (tetraptych), 11.42146 (left sheet)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame and Monkey 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申三改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：申三改
彫師：横川彫竹
Inscriptions「御恵みの風をわすれぬ暑かな 芝翫」
「紫扇 市川のなかれをおよくめたかかな」
「紫扇 市川のなかれをおよくめたかかな」
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.