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The Third Month, a Diptych (Sangatsu, nimai tsuzuki): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as a Vendor of Potted Plants (Ueki-uri), from the series The FIve Festivals (Gosekku no uchi)


「五節句之内 三月 二枚続 植木売 市川団十郎」(七代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 27.8 x 26.4 cm (10 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25406
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Gosekku no shosa
Play (main feature): Gohiiki-chô Soga no Tamamono
Theater: Kawarazaki
木挽町曽我賜物(ごひいきちょうそがのたまもの)
五節句の所作(ごせっくのしょさ)、常磐津
河原崎、二番目大切
文化14 (1817)・02・03
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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: August 3, 1911)

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.