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Carriage of a Hundred Nights (Hyakuya kuruma): Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Fukakusa no Shôshô, from the series Wheels of Resounding Fame (Na ni todoroku ôiri kuruma)


「名轟大入来満」 「百夜車 深草の少将」 初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43044
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Koma
改印:午七
彫師:彫駒
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.