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「三仏けん」 「裏梅之歌介」四代目中村歌右衛門、「八代目之助」八代目市川団十郎、「うづまきの橘平」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Ken Game of Three Buddhas (Sanbutsu ken): Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Uraume no Kasuke, Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hachidaimenosuke, and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Uzumasa no Kippei
「三仏けん」 「裏梅之歌介」四代目中村歌右衛門、「八代目之助」八代目市川団十郎、「うづまきの橘平」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21989
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Variant with different faces: Waseda db 005-0356
DescriptionThe Waseda version appears to be earlier. In this version two of the heads have been replaced and the names changed; only the figure at left is the same.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.