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Actor Arashi Rikan II as Sasahara Hayato

Actor Arashi Rikan II as Sasahara Hayato

(Japanese, 1809–1879)
(Japanese)
1837 (Tenpô 8), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36442
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Towers and Mansions at Kôrai Bridge (Kôraibashi yagura yashiki), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Towers and Mansions at Kôrai Bridge (Kôraibashi yagura yashiki), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1844–60 (Kôka–Ansei eras)
Spring View of Dôtonbori (Dôtonbori no shunkei), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Spring View of Dôtonbori (Dôtonbori no shunkei), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1844–60 (Kôka–Ansei eras)
Snow at Dawn at the Eastern Hall (Higashi Midô no gyôsetsu), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Snow at Dawn at the Eastern Hall (Higashi Midô no gyôsetsu), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1844–60 (Kôka–Ansei eras)
The Octopus Pine at Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima Tako no matsu), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
The Octopus Pine at Nakanoshima (Nakanoshima Tako no matsu), from the series Customs of Osaka: Frivolous Songs Matched with Beauties (Naniwa fûzoku uwakiuta bijin awase no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1844–60 (Kôka–Ansei eras)
Kinuha of Kyôki in The Feather Robe (Hagoromo), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)
Kinuha of Kyôki in The Feather Robe (Hagoromo), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
1836 (Tenpô 7), 6th month
True View of the Mouth of the Aji River (Kawaguchi no shinkei), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
True View of the Mouth of the Aji River (Kawaguchi no shinkei), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1869–70 (Meiji 2–3)
Snow at the Hirota Shrine (Hirota-sha yuki [no] kei), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
Snow at the Hirota Shrine (Hirota-sha yuki [no] kei), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1869–70 (Meiji 2–3)
Shinmei Shrine (Shinmeigû), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
Shinmei Shrine (Shinmeigû), from the series One Hundred Views of Osaka (Naniwa hyakkei no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1869–70 (Meiji 2–3)
Snowy Dawn at Ryôan-ji Temple (Ryôan-ji yuki [no] akebono), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Snowy Dawn at Ryôan-ji Temple (Ryôan-ji yuki [no] akebono), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)
Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)
Snow Scene at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji sekkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Snow Scene at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji sekkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)
Autumn Scene at Kôdai-ji Temple (Kôdai-ji aki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Autumn Scene at Kôdai-ji Temple (Kôdai-ji aki no kei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
Hasegawa Sadanobu I
about 1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)