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「大当狂言ノ内 八百屋お七」 五代目岩井半四郎
Actor Iwai Hanshirô V as Yaoya Oshichi, from the series Great Hit Plays (Ôatari kyôgen no uchi)
「大当狂言ノ内 八百屋お七」 五代目岩井半四郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–15 (Bunka 11–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15096
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #48; Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), #54; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #310; Ukiyo-e taikei 10 (1976), #146
DescriptionHanshirô played Oshichi in the 3rd month of 1809 (Bunka 6) in Gohiiki Aratama Soga at the Morita Theater, and again in the 7th month of the same year in Tamamatsuri Oshichi no Tsuizen at the Ichimura Theater.
「大当狂言」は文化後期のシリーズ。文化12年頃ヵ(新藤説)。
文化6年3月3日森田座「御贔屓新玉曽我」二番目「其往昔恋江戸染」に取材したものだが、本図の作成期は異なる。文化6年3月の他にも、同年7月市村座「魂祭お七の追善」で<5>岩井半四郎がお七を演じている。
「大当狂言」は文化後期のシリーズ。文化12年頃ヵ(新藤説)。
文化6年3月3日森田座「御贔屓新玉曽我」二番目「其往昔恋江戸染」に取材したものだが、本図の作成期は異なる。文化6年3月の他にも、同年7月市村座「魂祭お七の追善」で<5>岩井半四郎がお七を演じている。
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.