Enjoying the Cool of Evening (Nôryô): Actors Ichikawa Komazô VII, Ichikawa Kuzô II, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII; Ichikawa Saruzô I, Fujikawa Kayû III, Nakamura Kantarô I(?), Ichimura Takenojô V; Bandô Shûka I, Ichikawa Komazô VII(?), Arashi Kichisaburô III

「納涼」七代目市川高麗蔵、初代市川猿蔵、八代目市川団十郎　　初代市川猿蔵、三代目藤川花友、初代中村翫太郎ヵ、五代目市村竹之丞　　初代坂東しうか、七代目市川高麗蔵ヵ、三代目嵐吉三郎

Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

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Dimensions

Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 49 cm (13 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

Accession Number

11.29134, 11.29135, 11.40779

Medium or Technique

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

Not On View

Collections

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

Signed

Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画　香蝶楼豊国画

Markings

Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし

Provenance

By 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection