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Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan): Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as Taira Masakado, from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景之内 堅田落雁 平将門」三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izuya Sankichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.2 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42820
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni ôjite Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouches
応好 豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:米良、渡辺、子七
彫師: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.