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「ていやうづくし」ヵ 「きつねの葛の葉 小きつねの童子」、「きつねの小町 六ヶ歌仙ノ内 ねづみのなり平」、「（きつねの）小なみ ねこのとなせ」、「ねこの矢田平 楼門五三桐内 ねこの早川高景」、「（ねこの工藤助常） きつねの舞鶴 きつねの十郎祐成 ねこの五郎時致」
Collection of Scenes (Teiyô zukushi) [title at upper left, reading uncertain]: Animals in Kabuki Roles: A Fox as Kuzunoha, and a Fox Cub as Her Child; a Fox as Komachi and a Mouse as Narihira, from the play The Six Poetic Immortals; (a Fox as) Konami and a Cat as Tonase; a Cat as Yatabei and a Cat as Hayakawa Takakage, from the play The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest; (a Cat as Kudô Suketsune,) a Fox as Maizuru, a Fox as Jûrô Sukenari, and a Cat as Gorô Tokimune (Kitsune no Kuzunoha, Kogitsune no dôji; Kitsune no Komachi, Nezumi no Narihira, Rokkasen no uchi; [Kitsune no] Konami, Neko no Tonase; Neko no Yatabei, Neko no Hayakawa Takakage, Sanmon Gosan no Kiri no uchi; [Neko no Kudô Suketsune,] Kitsune no Maizuru, Kitsune no Jûrô Sukenari, Neko no Gorô Tokimune)
「ていやうづくし」ヵ 「きつねの葛の葉 小きつねの童子」、「きつねの小町 六ヶ歌仙ノ内 ねづみのなり平」、「（きつねの）小なみ ねこのとなせ」、「ねこの矢田平 楼門五三桐内 ねこの早川高景」、「（ねこの工藤助常） きつねの舞鶴 きつねの十郎祐成 ねこの五郎時致」
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 22.5 cm (14 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26473
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych (or triptych).
Publisher's mark at lower right, partly cut off and illegible.
Publisher's mark at lower right, partly cut off and illegible.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十二
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.