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五代目市川海老蔵の不破伴左衛門
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon
五代目市川海老蔵の不破伴左衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1950
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #42 (complete); Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #82 (C and L only); Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 154, pl. 41 (L only); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 319 (C only)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 00.1950 (left sheet only), 00.1951 (right sheet only), 11.26064-6
Poem translated in Keyes 1984, p. 104.
MFA impressions: 00.1950 (left sheet only), 00.1951 (right sheet only), 11.26064-6
Poem translated in Keyes 1984, p. 104.
Signed
Yûsai Kuniyoshi ga
勇斎国芳画
勇斎国芳画
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûkaen: Issun mo/ tosanu fû no/ sabakiyaku/ sakura wa haru no/ hana no zagashira
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)