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「美伊達五節句 花方揃侠気名弘 一名ほめことば」 「弥生の雛太郎 中村芝翫 成駒屋」（四代目中村芝翫）
The Doll Festival: Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Yayoi no Hinatarô, from the series Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals (Mitate Gosekku)
「美伊達五節句 花方揃侠気名弘 一名ほめことば」 「弥生の雛太郎 中村芝翫 成駒屋」（四代目中村芝翫）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Shimizu Ryûzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40347
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description見立
Signed
Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ryûzô
改印：亥九改
彫師：彫工柳三
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ryûzô
改印：亥九改
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.
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.