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In Accordance with the Pleasure of the Publisher, Based on the Old Picture of "Shelter from the Rain" by Hanabusa Itchô (Hanmoto no konomi ni makase Hokusôô ga kozu no Amayadori ni narôte): Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV , Bandô Shûka I, Ichimura Uzaemon XII (R); Onoe Baikô IV, Bandô Mitsugorô IV, Bandô Hikosaburô IV (C); Nakayama Ichizô I, Seki Sanjûrô III, Sawamura Shôjûrô V (L)


梓元の好まかせ北窓翁か古図の雨やとりニなろふて 四代目中村歌右衛門、初代坂東しうか、十二代目市村羽左衛門 四代目尾上梅幸、四代目坂東三津五郎、四代目坂東彦三郎 初代中山市蔵ヵ、三代目関三十郎、五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 76.9 cm (14 5/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44034a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki, "Amayadori zu," in Ukiyo-e Art 100 (1991), color pl. (right half of hexaptych only)
DescriptionLeft half of incomplete hexaptych.

MFA impressions: 11.42173a-e (five right sheets), 11.44034a-c (left half), 11.44050a-c (left half), 17.3213.4-5 (sheets 2 and 3 from right), 17.3216.2-4 (left half), 17.3216.13-5 (right half)
(見立)

雨宿りの図。
Signed Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on left and right sheets), Ôju Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
梓元の応需 豊国画 応需 豊国画(年玉印)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
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.