Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fukuoka Mitsugi, from the series Seven Flourishing Plants on Lanterns for Summer Evenings (Suzumi chôchin sakari no nanakusa)

「涼調珍盛の七草　福岡貢」　八代目市川団十郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.43164

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43164, 11.45218

Play (second feature): Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
Play (main feature): Mukashi-banashi Sanshô Dayû
Theater: Kawarazaki
伊勢音頭恋寝刃（いせおんどこいのねたば）
昔談柄三升太夫（むかしばなしさんしょうだゆう）
河原崎、二番目
1852、嘉永０５、04・28

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

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松、子六
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.