Hayatake Torakichi and His Acrobatic Troupe in "Flowers of Edo, Leaves Dangling from Trees" (Edo no hana, konoha otoshi, Hayatake Torakichi), Performing at Nishi Ryôgoku (Nishi Ryôgoku ni oite kôgyô tsukae sôrô) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Hayatake Torakichi and His Acrobatic Troupe in "Flowers of Edo, Leaves Dangling from Trees" (Edo no hana, konoha otoshi, Hayatake Torakichi), Performing at Nishi Ryôgoku (Nishi Ryôgoku ni oite kôgyô tsukae sôrô)

Hayatake Torakichi and His Acrobatic Troupe in "Flowers of Edo, Leaves Dangling from Trees" (Edo no hana, konoha otoshi, Hayatake Torakichi), Performing at Nishi Ryôgoku (Nishi Ryôgoku ni oite kôgyô tsukae sôrô)

「江戸ノ花　木葉落　早竹寅吉」　「於西両国二興行仕候」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.21921

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳二
彫師：なし

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.