Sagami Province: Aoto Fujitsuna, and Musashi Province: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) Omatsuri Sashichi, from the series Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocade Prints (Edo nishiki imayô kuni zukushi)

「江都錦今様国尽」　「青砥藤綱　お祭佐七」（三代目尾上菊五郎）　「相模」　「武蔵」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 × 25.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1340

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 005-0237, 005-1061

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：米良、渡辺、子七
彫師：彫多吉

ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)