Advanced Search
Advanced Search

First Month, Pilgrimage to the Kameido Tenjin Shrine on the First Day of the Rabbit (Shôgatsu, Hatsu-u môde): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and Kataoka Gadô II, from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Fûryû jûni kagetsu no uchi)


「風流十二ヶ月の内 正月初卯詣」 八代目市川団十郎、二代目片岡我童
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Takanoya Tomoemon (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43676
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:佐七刻
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.