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（万八楼上書画会筵の図） 「おなしく其弐」 五代目松本幸四郎、初代三枡源之助、五代目岩井半四郎、？、五代目瀬川菊之丞、七代目片岡仁左衛門、三代目尾上菊五郎
Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachi Restaurant, Part 2 (Onajiku sono ni): Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Mimasu Gennosuke I, Iwai Hanshirô V, unidentified actor, Segawa Kikunojô V, Kataoka Nizaemon VII, and Onoe Kikugorô III
（万八楼上書画会筵の図） 「おなしく其弐」 五代目松本幸四郎、初代三枡源之助、五代目岩井半四郎、？、五代目瀬川菊之丞、七代目片岡仁左衛門、三代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
19 x 25.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #68; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #68
DescriptionTwo sheets forming a pair: 11.26724 (sheet 2), 11.26725 (sheet 1)
Signed
Tôjuen Kunisada ga
桃樹園国貞画
桃樹園国貞画
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.