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Night Scene in Edo: Actors

(Japanese, active about 1854–1868)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.2 x 45.3 cm (8 3/8 x 17 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45411a-c
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.
Group Shot: 53.2058-60
Utagawa Kunitaka
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Waterfall
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1869 (Meiji 2), 3rd month
Peony Garden
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sanzaemon's Daughter (Musume) Hinaginu
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Takechi Mitsuhide
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month