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No. 5, Hanakawado: Actor Onoe Baikô IV as Oshun, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho zue)


「江戸名所図会 五 花川戸 おしゆん」 四代目尾上梅幸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Iseya Chûsuke (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Nogen (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42269
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Monjin Kunitsuna ga (background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、門人国つな画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Nogen
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
彫師:彫乃げん
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.