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「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 玉麒麟盧俊義に擬す 沢村源之助」（二代目） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 扈三娘一丈青に擬す 瀬川路考」（五代目瀬川菊之丞） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 九紋龍史進に擬す 市川三升」（七代目市川団十郎） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 小季廣花榮に擬す 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn (Gyokukirin Roshungi ni gisu, TR); Segawa Rokô (Kikunojô V) as Hu Sanniang, the Ten-foot Blue One (Kosanro Ichijôsei ni gisu, BR); Ichikawa Sanshô (Danjûrô VII) as Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin ni gisu, TL); and Nakamura Shikan II as Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang (Shôrikô Kaei ni gisu, BL), in 108 Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 玉麒麟盧俊義に擬す 沢村源之助」（二代目） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 扈三娘一丈青に擬す 瀬川路考」（五代目瀬川菊之丞） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 九紋龍史進に擬す 市川三升」（七代目市川団十郎） 「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内 小季廣花榮に擬す 中村芝翫」（二代目）
Teisai Senchô (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 42 cm (13 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe small circular seal at the bottom of each text panel resembles the publisher's marks of Matsuura Tatsuemon, but the examples given in Marks use a "mountain" above the character, whereas these use a circle.
Signed
Senchô ga
泉晁画
泉晁画
Marks
Collector's seal (?): Tomitaya (round, stamped on two lower images)
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.