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「秋野七草穠乃景」「山名屋浦里」三代目岩井粂三郎 「春日屋時次郎」初代中村福助 「新田梅次郎」三代目市川市蔵 「おぼう吉三」初代河原崎権十郎 「浮世床ノ伊之助」五代目坂東彦三郎 「奥女中菊川」四代目尾上菊五郎 「中間猿平」四代目市川小団次
Seven Flourishing Grasses of the Autumn Moor (Akino nanagusa shigeri no kei): Actors, R to L: Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yamanaya Urazato, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kasugaya Tokijirô, Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nitta Umejirô, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Obô Kichiza, Bandô Hikosaburô V as Ukiyodoko no Inosuke, Onoe Kikugorô IV as Okujochû Kikukawa, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Chûgen Saruhei
「秋野七草穠乃景」「山名屋浦里」三代目岩井粂三郎 「春日屋時次郎」初代中村福助 「新田梅次郎」三代目市川市蔵 「おぼう吉三」初代河原崎権十郎 「浮世床ノ伊之助」五代目坂東彦三郎 「奥女中菊川」四代目尾上菊五郎 「中間猿平」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban heptaptych; 35.7 x 165.8 cm (14 1/16 x 65 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42201a-g
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #58
DescriptionThe sheets are numbered 1 to 7 from R to L, except for sheet 3. The characters are from four different plays.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳六
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.
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.