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「木曽六十九駅 沓掛 古宿村 奴逸平」 六代目市川団蔵の沓掛八蔵実ハ一平
The Old Station Village at Kutsukake Station (Kutsukake, Koshuku mura): Actor Ichikawa Danzô VI as the Footman (Yakko) Ippei, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 沓掛 古宿村 奴逸平」 六代目市川団蔵の沓掛八蔵実ハ一平
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17316
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-20
DescriptionStation 20.
In a variation of the famous play Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna, the servant Ippei is disguised as Kutsukake Hachizô, hence the connection to Kutsukake.
沓掛八蔵 実ハ一平
In a variation of the famous play Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna, the servant Ippei is disguised as Kutsukake Hachizô, hence the connection to Kutsukake.
沓掛八蔵 実ハ一平
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：彫多吉
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.