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「木曽六十九駅 宮越 木曽川ノ明星岩 暁星五郎」 八代目市川団十郎
Myôjô Cliff on the Kiso River at Miyanokoshi Station (Miyanokoshi, Kisogawa no Myôjô-iwa): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Akatsuki Hoshigorô, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 宮越 木曽川ノ明星岩 暁星五郎」 八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.6 cm (13 15/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42722
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-37
DescriptionStation 37.
MFA impressions: 11.29277, 11.42722
The name of the Myôjô ("Bright Star") Cliff suggests the personal name of the character Akatsuki Hoshigorô (hoshi = "star"), a dashing bandit.
Play: Kiku no En Tsuki no Shiranami
or: Yayoi no Hana Oedo no Irifune
菊宴月白波（きくのえんつきのしらなみ）
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
MFA impressions: 11.29277, 11.42722
The name of the Myôjô ("Bright Star") Cliff suggests the personal name of the character Akatsuki Hoshigorô (hoshi = "star"), a dashing bandit.
Play: Kiku no En Tsuki no Shiranami
or: Yayoi no Hana Oedo no Irifune
菊宴月白波（きくのえんつきのしらなみ）
桜花大江戸入船（やよいのはなおえどのいりふね）
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫巳の
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.