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Ryôgoku Bridge: Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV and Ichikawa Kodanji IV, from the series Thirty-six Views of Fuji from the Eastern Capital (Tôto Fuji sanjûrokkei)


「東都富士三十六景 両国」四代目尾上菊五郎、四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, active 1855–1865)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29702
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29702, 11.42409
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche; Hirokage ga (background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、広景画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申三改
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.