New Year Party (Ichiyô aratama no utage): Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I, Iwai Kumesaburô III, Bandô Kichiya, Ôtani Tomoemon IV, Morita Kan'ya XI (R), Kataoka Gadô II, Onoe Kikujirô II, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Bandô Takesaburô I, Arashi Kichisaburô III (C), and Kawarasaki Gonjûrô I, Seki Sanjûrô III, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Onoe Kikugorô IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (L)

「一陽新玉宴」　初代中村福助、三代目岩井粂三郎、坂東吉弥、四代目大谷友右衛門、十一代目森田勘弥　　二代目片岡我童、二代目尾上菊次郎、四代目坂東彦三郎、初代坂東竹三郎、三代目嵐吉三郎　　初代河原崎権十郎、三代目関三十郎、初代中村鶴蔵、四代目尾上菊五郎、四代目市川小団次

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.7 x 73 cm (13 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44197a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Description見立

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

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 11
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯十一
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.