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「東都流行三十六会席 今戸 大工六三郎」 三代尾上菊五郎
Imado: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) the Carpenter Rokusaburô, from the series Thirty-six Fashionable Restaurants of the Eastern Capital (Tôto ryûkô sanjûroku kaiseki)
「東都流行三十六会席 今戸 大工六三郎」 三代尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22186
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0161; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #183
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main image); Iku ga (background)
一勇斎国芳画、いく画
一勇斎国芳画、いく画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一
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.