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Peony (Botan): Actor Kawarazaki Sanshô (Gonjûrô I) as Danjûrô no Shichi, from the series Thirty-six Selected Flowers and Grasses (Sanjûrokkasô no uchi)


「三十六花草の内 牡丹」 「団十郎の七 河原崎三升」 (初代河原崎権十郎)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Zentarô (Manzen)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44418
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印:丑六改
彫師:彫栄
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.