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「浮世八景ノ内 裏たんぼのせいらむ」 「団七九郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「一寸徳兵衛」二代目片岡我童、「三川屋義平二」初代中山市蔵
Clearing Weather in the Back Field (Uratanbo no seiran): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei (R), Kataoka Gadô II as Issun Tokubei, and Nakayama Ichizô I as Mikawaya Giheiji (L), from the series Eight Views of the Floating World (Ukiyo hakkei no uchi)
「浮世八景ノ内 裏たんぼのせいらむ」 「団七九郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「一寸徳兵衛」二代目片岡我童、「三川屋義平二」初代中山市蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 50.6 cm (14 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43876a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 92
DescriptionPlay: Hana Shôbu Otoko Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
花菖蒲男鑑（はなしょうぶおとこかがみ）
中村
1855、安政０２、05・04
Theater: Nakamura
花菖蒲男鑑（はなしょうぶおとこかがみ）
中村
1855、安政０２、05・04
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯四
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯四
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.
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.