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「安和 升屋」 「仁和嘉」 「不破伴左衛門 内 むめ」
Mume of the Anna Masuya as Fuwa Banzaemon, from the series Niwaka Festival (Niwaka)
「安和 升屋」 「仁和嘉」 「不破伴左衛門 内 むめ」
Utagawa Sadayuki (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.2 cm (14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôsaka-shi sumai no myûjiamu, Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #70 (complete triptych, n.d.)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych. Left sheet has mark of publisher Tsuruya and kiwame seal. Identified in Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001) as an actor print from Kamigata, but it appears to be an Edo print of women dressed as kabuki characters for the Niwaka Festival.
Signed
Gochôtei Sadayuki ga
五町亭貞幸画
五町亭貞幸画
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
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.