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「かつしか四天王」 五代岩井半四郎
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V, from the series Four Heavenly Kings for the Katsushika Group (Katsushika Shitennô)
「かつしか四天王」 五代岩井半四郎
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; 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number00.1943
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum cat. IV, Hiroshige and the Utagawa School (1984), #144b
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 Buntsuen Tsuzumigoto, Bunshôsha Shichika and Bunshôsha Kadonarabi
「文津園鼓琴 さゝかにの蜘をからめて鬼こもる山路の梅やしたふうくひす」「文照舎芦☆ くひつみにかされる海老のくれなゐは宝の山の初日とや見む」「たのもしき友よひつれてまひあそふ和歌の浦辺の千代雀の声 文贈舎門並」
「文津園鼓琴 さゝかにの蜘をからめて鬼こもる山路の梅やしたふうくひす」「文照舎芦☆ くひつみにかされる海老のくれなゐは宝の山の初日とや見む」「たのもしき友よひつれてまひあそふ和歌の浦辺の千代雀の声 文贈舎門並」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)