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「見立三十六句撰」 「名古屋山三」初代中村福助、「傾城葛城」四代目尾上菊五郎
Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Nagoya Sanza and Onoe Kikugorô IV as the Courtesan Katsuragi (Keisei Katsuragi), from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」 「名古屋山三」初代中村福助、「傾城葛城」四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.9 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30044
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25089, 11.30009, 11.30044, 11.30060
Signed
Momoshima Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
桃嶋豊国画、玄魚
桃嶋豊国画、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
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.