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役者絵の凧 「梶原景季」初代中村鶴蔵、「大磯ノ虎」三代目岩井粂三郎、「曽我祐成」三代目市川市蔵、「源ノ頼朝」、「五郎丸」四代目市川小団次
Kites with Pictures of Actors: Nakamura Tsuruzô I as Kajiwara Kagesue, Iwai Kumetarô III as Ôiso no Tora, Ichikawa Ichizô III as Soga Sukenari, unidentified actor as Minamoto Yoritomo, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Gorômaru
役者絵の凧 「梶原景季」初代中村鶴蔵、「大磯ノ虎」三代目岩井粂三郎、「曽我祐成」三代目市川市蔵、「源ノ頼朝」、「五郎丸」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 25.1 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17379
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-4704 (L), 201-4705 (C), 201-4706 (R)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17377-9 (no VR; order of sheets uncertain, but probably L to R)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十一
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.