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役者夏の富士 二代目坂東三津五郎、初代坂東簑助
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô II and Bandô Minosuke I, from an untitled series of actors in private life, with poems
役者夏の富士 二代目坂東三津五郎、初代坂東簑助
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1800 (Kansei 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 21.7 cm (13 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13698
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
ARC database MFA-11-13698
DescriptionFrom an untitled series of actors in pairs, with kyôka poems: 11.13698, 11.22941, 11.25414, 21.6935
Other prints in the series have censor's seals of 1800.
Zegyô was the pen name of Mitsugorô II. Rough translation of poem: Critical success/ and hits and box office too/ all three together/ with the symbol "big"/ the sign of this house.
Other prints in the series have censor's seals of 1800.
Zegyô was the pen name of Mitsugorô II. Rough translation of poem: Critical success/ and hits and box office too/ all three together/ with the symbol "big"/ the sign of this house.
Signed
Unsigned (signature cut off of this impression?)
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal (cut off?)
No publisher's mark (cut off?)
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark (cut off?)
改印：なし
版元：なし
InscriptionsInscribed by Zegyô, poem by Hanamoto Konomu (tentative reading of name):
Hyôban mo/ atari mo iri mo/ dai no ji no/ mitsu soroutaru/ ie no jômon
「是業の讃 花元好 評判も当りも入りも大の字の三ツ揃ふたる家の定紋」
Hyôban mo/ atari mo iri mo/ dai no ji no/ mitsu soroutaru/ ie no jômon
「是業の讃 花元好 評判も当りも入りも大の字の三ツ揃ふたる家の定紋」
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.