The Syllable Na for Summer Festival (Natsumatsuri): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei and Kataoka Gadô II as Issun Tokubei, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Syllable Na for Summer Festival (Natsumatsuri): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei and Kataoka Gadô II as Issun Tokubei, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha)

The Syllable Na for Summer Festival (Natsumatsuri): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei and Kataoka Gadô II as Issun Tokubei, from the series Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary (Seisho nanatsu iroha)

「清書七以呂波　（な）　なつ祭」　「団七九郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次、「一寸徳兵衛」二代目片岡我童

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 23.9 cm (14 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.35399.21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAlbum: 11.35399.1-47

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

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰六
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: September 29, 2004)

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.