Floral Hats for a High-spirited Festival in Edo (Edo ikioi matsuri no hanagasa): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Ichikawa Ichizô III, Bandô Hikosaburô V (R), Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I (C), Sawamura Tosshô II, Nakamura Shikan IV, Iwai Kumesaburô III (L)

「江戸気おいまつりの花笠」三代目沢村田之助、三代目市川市蔵、五代目坂東彦三郎四代目市村家橘、四代目市川小団次、初代河原崎権十郎二代目沢村訥升、四代目中村芝翫、三代目岩井粂三郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 74.9 cm (14 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.44365a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Description見立

Signed Ôju Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu (on each sheet)
応需七十八歳豊国筆

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥七改
彫師：彫太田多七

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.