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「木曽六十九駅 式佐 鏡山 局岩藤」 初代尾上松緑
Mirror Mountain at Musa Station (Musa, Kagamiyama): Actor Onoe Matsusuke I (=Onoe Shôroku I ) as Tsubone Iwafuji, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 式佐 鏡山 局岩藤」 初代尾上松緑
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17326
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionStation 67.
In the kabuki play Kagamiyama, wicked Lady Iwafuji is a lady-in-waiting at the court of a princess. When Iwafuji publicly beats virtuous Lady Onoe with a sandal, Onoe is so shamed that she kills herself; but she is avenged by her loyal maidservant Ohatsu, who kills Iwafuji in a climactic swordfight in the palace garden.
Onoe Matsusuke I, later Onoe Shôroku I, played the role in 1803 (Kyôwa 3), 3rd month.
Play: Kagamiya
Theater: Ichimura
Date of production: 1803 (Kyôwa 3), 3rd month
加賀見山
市村
享和０３(1803)・ 03・
In the kabuki play Kagamiyama, wicked Lady Iwafuji is a lady-in-waiting at the court of a princess. When Iwafuji publicly beats virtuous Lady Onoe with a sandal, Onoe is so shamed that she kills herself; but she is avenged by her loyal maidservant Ohatsu, who kills Iwafuji in a climactic swordfight in the palace garden.
Onoe Matsusuke I, later Onoe Shôroku I, played the role in 1803 (Kyôwa 3), 3rd month.
Play: Kagamiya
Theater: Ichimura
Date of production: 1803 (Kyôwa 3), 3rd month
加賀見山
市村
享和０３(1803)・ 03・
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
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：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.