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三代目中村歌右衛門の鬼王新左衛門、三代目坂東三津五郎の小林朝比奈
Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Oniô Shinzaemon and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Kobayashi Asahina
三代目中村歌右衛門の鬼王新左衛門、三代目坂東三津五郎の小林朝比奈
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #188; Rijksmuseum cat. IV, Hiroshige and the Utagawa School (1984), #122
DescriptionFrom a set of five prints showing ten actors in Soga Brothers roles, commissioned by the Hisakataya poetry club.
MFA prints in the series: 00.1945, 00.1946, 00.1947
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 307.
MFA prints in the series: 00.1945, 00.1946, 00.1947
Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 307.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
InscriptionsPoem by Amanoya Wakashiba: Wakamizu no/ tsurube futatsu ni/ tsukisoete/ magokoro fukaki/ kurumai no tsuna
Poem by Hisakataya: Hana kakaru/ tokoro o shibashi/ Ise ebi no/ hige ga tometaru/ kado no hagonoko
「天の屋若芝 若水の釣瓶ふたつに付添てまこゝろ深き車井の綱」「久堅屋 飛かゝる所をしはし伊勢海老の髭かとめたる門のはこの子」
Poem by Hisakataya: Hana kakaru/ tokoro o shibashi/ Ise ebi no/ hige ga tometaru/ kado no hagonoko
「天の屋若芝 若水の釣瓶ふたつに付添てまこゝろ深き車井の綱」「久堅屋 飛かゝる所をしはし伊勢海老の髭かとめたる門のはこの子」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)