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Cherry Blossoms of Edo (Edozakura): (Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as) Hanakawado Sukeroku, from the series Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tôsei mitate sanjûroku kasen)


「当盛見立三十六花撰(とうせいみたてさんじふろくくわせん) 江戸桜 花川戸の助六」 初代河原崎権十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42392
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #5.1
DescriptionThe series: 36 sheets (11.42370-11.42405) plus title page (11.26606).
見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印:酉九改
彫師:横川彫竹
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.