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「嵯峨ノ釈尊開帳ノ図」 「回向院境内ノ図」
Special Viewing of the Image of Shaka Buddha from the Saga District of Kyoto; Precincts of the Ekô-in (Saga no shakuson kaichô no zu, Ekô-in keidai no zu)
「嵯峨ノ釈尊開帳ノ図」 「回向院境内ノ図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.9 x 75.2 cm (13 3/4 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34955a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 42 (with different text in right title panel and banners); Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-14 (this version)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.34955a-c, 17.3210.6-8
In the right sheet: Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Bandô Mitsugorô III, Onoe Kikugorô III, Iwai Shijaku I, Ichikawa Ebizô V, and musician Tokiwazu Komonji tayû; in the left sheet, musician Tomimoto Buzendayû.
右 十二代目市村羽左衛門、三代目坂東三津五郎、三代目尾上菊五郎、初代岩井紫若、五代目市川海老蔵、常磐津小文字太夫
左 富本豊前太夫
In the right sheet: Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Bandô Mitsugorô III, Onoe Kikugorô III, Iwai Shijaku I, Ichikawa Ebizô V, and musician Tokiwazu Komonji tayû; in the left sheet, musician Tomimoto Buzendayû.
右 十二代目市村羽左衛門、三代目坂東三津五郎、三代目尾上菊五郎、初代岩井紫若、五代目市川海老蔵、常磐津小文字太夫
左 富本豊前太夫
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 5, 2003)
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.