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「当盛六花撰 秋海棠」 初代中山市蔵、初代坂東しうか
Begonia: Actors Nakayama Ichizô I and Bandô Shûka I, from the series Selection of Six Flowers Currently in Full Bloom (Tôsei rokkasen)
「当盛六花撰 秋海棠」 初代中山市蔵、初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42369
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kurahashi, "Kunisada no yakusha sentaku," Ukiyo-e Art 170 (2015), fig. 1-6 (NDL); Marks, "... Hiroshige and Kunisada," Andon 84 (2008), p. 42, fig. 15
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42369 (first edition, series of 6), 11.45294 (second edition, series of 10)
From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers...," and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers..." For the sheets already published, the censor's seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors' faces are changed.
見立
From a series first issued in 1854, in six sheets, under the title "Six Flowers...," and reissued in 1858 with four additional designs, under the title "Ten Flowers..." For the sheets already published, the censor's seals remain the same in the second edition; but the series title and some of the actors' faces are changed.
見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (foreground); Hiroshige hitsu (background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、広重筆
豊国画(年玉枠)、広重筆
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
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.