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「見立廿四孝 仲由（ちうゆう）」 「二條局」初代坂東しうか、「 なり平」三代目岩井粂三郎
Zhong You (Chû Yû): (Actors Bandô Shûka I as) Lady Nijô (Nijô no tsubone) and (Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Narihira, from the series Matches for the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Mitate nijûshi kô)
「見立廿四孝 仲由（ちうゆう）」 「二條局」初代坂東しうか、「 なり平」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kakumotoya Kinjirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36629
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mostow, Courtly Visions (2014), fig. 159; Waseda db 201-4281
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
（見立）
（見立）
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Koma
改印：改、寅十
彫師：彫駒
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Koma
改印：改、寅十
彫師：彫駒
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.