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Spring (Haru): Actor Sawamura Tosshô I as Yukihira, from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)


「四季ノ内 春 沢村訥升」 (初代沢村訥升の行平)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39331
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Shiki no Nagame Maru ni I no Toshi
Play: Ôuchi no Hana no En
Play (main feature): Toki ni Saiwai Sakura no Irodoki
Theater: Kawarazaki
四季詠☆歳(しきのながめまるにいのとし) 長唄
大内の花宴(おおうちのはなのえん)
則幸桜色薗(ときにさいわいさくらのいろどき)
河原崎、二番目大切
1839、天保10、03・06
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.