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「つるは松にかつ 大悲の慈六」三代目関三十郎、「松はかめにかつ 菓子うりお茶の子出べ蔵」四代目中村歌右衛門、「かめはつるにかつ 千手のみて八」二代目市川九蔵
Actors Playing a Ken Game: Seki Sanjûrô III as Daihi no Jiroku, Crane Wins over Pine (Tsuru wa matsu ni katsu); Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Candy Seller (Kashiuri) Ochanoko Debezô, Pine Wins over Turtle (Matsu wa kame ni katsu); and Ichikawa Kuzô II as Senju no Mitehachi, Turtle WIns over Crane (Kame was tsuru ni katsu)
「つるは松にかつ 大悲の慈六」三代目関三十郎、「松はかめにかつ 菓子うりお茶の子出べ蔵」四代目中村歌右衛門、「かめはつるにかつ 千手のみて八」二代目市川九蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22471
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22471 (with dance instructions), 11.40147 (with text); related design by Kuniyoshi: 11.42135
Play (jôruri): Iroshina o Kaete Kenzake
Play (main feature): Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
月梅摂景清（つきのうめめぐみのかげきよ）
色品替拳酒（いろしなをかえてけんざけ） 常磐津
中村 一番目四立
弘化05 ( 1848)・01・14
Play (jôruri): Iroshina o Kaete Kenzake
Play (main feature): Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
月梅摂景清（つきのうめめぐみのかげきよ）
色品替拳酒（いろしなをかえてけんざけ） 常磐津
中村 一番目四立
弘化05 ( 1848)・01・14
Signed
Hanmoto no ôju Ichiyôsai giga
梓元の応需一陽斎戯画
梓元の応需一陽斎戯画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.