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Kanda Myôjin Shrine: Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Kanda no Yokichi, from the series Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto sanjûrokkei no uchi)


「東都三十六景之内 神田明神 神田の与吉 河原崎権十郎」(初代)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43655
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûkyûsai Toyokuni hitsu
七十九歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ryûzô
改印:亥十二改
彫師:彫工柳三
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.