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「見立廿四孝 老来子（らうらいし）」「こうの局 」、「おみわ」三代目岩井粂三郎、「くわんの局」中村翫太郎
Lao Laizi (Rôraishi): (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Omiwa, with (Nakamura Kantarô and an unidentified actor as) Court Ladies (Kô no tsubone, Kan no tsubone), from the series Matches for the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate nijûshi kô)
「見立廿四孝 老来子（らうらいし）」「こうの局 」、「おみわ」三代目岩井粂三郎、「くわんの局」中村翫太郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 24 cm (13 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36628
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 005-0597
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
No publisher's mark on this impression.
見立
No publisher's mark on this impression.
見立
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯六
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: January 19, 2005)
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.