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「木曽六十九駅 大津 逢坂山 黒主」 三代目沢村宗十郎
Kaerizaka Hill at Ôtsu Station (Ôtsu, Kaerizakayama): Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Kuronushi, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 大津 逢坂山 黒主」 三代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikyû (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikyû (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 26.2 cm (14 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17312
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-70
DescriptionStation 70.
Sawamura Sôjûrô III (1753-1801) had played this role in 1794.11 at the Miyako Theater and again in 1800.11 at the Ichimura Theater:
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Play: Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare (Praising Famous Poems in the Leap Year)
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
1800 (Kansei 12), 11th month
Play (kaomise): Oishigeru Nami no Uneune
Theater: Ichimura
生茂波溶渦（おいしげるなみのうねうね）
市村
Sawamura Sôjûrô III (1753-1801) had played this role in 1794.11 at the Miyako Theater and again in 1800.11 at the Ichimura Theater:
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Play: Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare (Praising Famous Poems in the Leap Year)
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
1800 (Kansei 12), 11th month
Play (kaomise): Oishigeru Nami no Uneune
Theater: Ichimura
生茂波溶渦（おいしげるなみのうねうね）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫竹
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.