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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as a Crossdressing Candy Peddler (Oman-ga-ame)


「お万が飴」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), intercalary 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22044
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Uta no Shiori Meisho E-awase
Play (main feature): Ehon Sarashina Monogatari
Theater: Ichimura
歌俤栞名所絵合(うたのしおりめいしょえあわせ) 常磐津、長唄 絵本更科譚(えほんさらしなものがたり)
市村、二番目大切
1854、嘉永07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger intercalary 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅壬七
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.