Peonies of the Stone Bridge (Ishibashi no botan): (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as) Fûki Saburô, from the series Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tôsei mitate sanjûroku kasen)

「当盛見立三十六花撰（とうせいみたてさんじふろくくわせん）　石橋の牡丹　富貴三郎」　十三代目市村羽左衛門

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42378

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Fujisawa, Kabuki Edo hyakkei (2022), pp. 60-1; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #40

DescriptionThe series: 36 sheets (11.42370-11.42405) plus title page (11.26606).
見立

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

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：酉九改
彫師：彫竹

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.