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Actors Asao Okuyama III and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, from the series Portraits of Good Fortune and Popularity with Souvenirs of the Market (Ichi miyage sugata no fukubiki)


「市美弥景姿の福贔屓」 三代目浅尾奥山、八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 24.8 cm (14 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43681
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画(年玉印)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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: 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.