Dandelion of the Mountain Road (Yamaji no tsuzumigusa): (Actor Onoe Kikujirô II as) Shizuka Gozen, 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）　山路の蒲公英　しづか御ぜん」二代目尾上菊次郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.1 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42397

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #41

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

Signed Nanajûhachi ô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
七十八翁豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印：亥四改
彫師：彫工多七

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.