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Forgetting Summer's Heat in the Cool Breezes of the Garden (Natsu shiranu niwa no ryôfû): Actors Ichikawa Yonejûrô II (?), Sawamura Tosshô II (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Iwai Kumesaburô III (C), and Nakamura Fukusuke I (L)


「夏しらぬ庭の涼風」 二代目市川米十郎ヵ、二代目沢村訥升 初代河原崎権十郎、三代目岩井粂三郎 初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.5 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21401-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.21401 (left), 11.21402 (right), 11.21403 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.21401-3, 11.29138-40
見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午四
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: August 3, 1911)

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.