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「かつしか四天王」 二代目岩井粂三郎
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô II, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
「かつしか四天王」 二代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.5 cm (8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1944
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
van Doesburg, What About Kunisada? (1990), pl. 27
DescriptionThree prints from the series, possibly a polyptych: 00.1943, 00.1944, 11.19894
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Artist's seal: double toshidama
InscriptionsPoems by Bunchien Naomichi, Bunshisha Hashizumi, and Bunkaisha Nazuki.
「文知園直道 蓬莱のやまとやめてん門松に梅か香そふる春の曙」「文海舎名好 うす氷とけて光りも長閑なる谷の戸あけてきなて鴬」「あつさ弓はるをいはへるものゝふの素袍の袖もかほる梅か香 文信舎橋住」
「文知園直道 蓬莱のやまとやめてん門松に梅か香そふる春の曙」「文海舎名好 うす氷とけて光りも長閑なる谷の戸あけてきなて鴬」「あつさ弓はるをいはへるものゝふの素袍の袖もかほる梅か香 文信舎橋住」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)