Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Taira Tarô Yoshikado, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)

「今様押絵鏡　平太郎良門」　初代中村福助

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, creped; 22.0 x 15.9 cm

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession NumberRES.11.5764.6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40948, 50.2329, RES.11.5764.6

Play: Hanano no Tsuki Utô Hitofushi
Theater: Nakamura

Album: RES.11.5764.1 to .20
英皎うとふ一諷（はなののつきうとうひとふし）
中村
1859、安政０６

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

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未十改
彫師：横川彫竹

Inscriptions「馬の背にてうのいねむる小春かな　児雀」

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.