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Actor Bandô Shûka I as Danshichi Shima no Okaji, from the series Seven Flourishing Plants on Lanterns for Summer Evenings (Suzumi chôchin sakari no nanakusa)


「涼調珍盛の七草 団七縞お梶」 初代坂東しうか
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43166
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29740, 11.43166

Play: Shinzô Tsuribune Kidan
Theater: Ichimura
新造☆奇談(しんぞうつりふねきだん)
市村
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.