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Setting Moon (Hairu tsuki): Actor Onoe Waichi II as the Traveller (Tabibito) Shôchô, from the series Scenes in Moonlight (Mitate tsuki zukushi)


「見立月つくし 入る月 旅人松蝶」二代目尾上和市
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.9 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43051
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43050, 11.43051
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
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.