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Cooling Off in the Garden of the Seven Flowers of Autumn (Yûsuzumi aki no nanagusa): Actors Ichikawa Sadanji I (R), Onoe Kikugorô III (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV (L)


「夕涼穐七草」 「市川左団次」(初代) 「尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 「中村芝翫」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 71.9 cm (14 5/8 × 28 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41707a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #105
Signed Kunichika hitsu (on each sheet)
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta
改印:巳七改
彫師:彫卯多
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.