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「六歌仙」 「喜撰法師」四代目市川小団次, 「僧正遍正」四代目中村歌右衛門, 「大伴黒主」四代目坂東三津五郎, 「小野小町」初代坂東しうか, 「在原業平」八代目市川団十郎, 「文屋康秀」十二代目市村羽左衛門
The Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen): Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kisen Hōshi, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Sōjō Henjō, Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Ōtomo Kuronushi, Bandō Shūka I as Ono no Komachi, Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Arihara Narihira, and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Bun'ya Yasuhide
「六歌仙」 「喜撰法師」四代目市川小団次, 「僧正遍正」四代目中村歌右衛門, 「大伴黒主」四代目坂東三津五郎, 「小野小町」初代坂東しうか, 「在原業平」八代目市川団十郎, 「文屋康秀」十二代目市村羽左衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kōka 5/Kaei 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 35.4 x 25.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36730
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay (jōruri): Yanagi no Ito Yūsho Karakuri
Theater: Ichimura
柳糸遊所操（やなぎのいとゆうしょからくり）
市村
Theater: Ichimura
柳糸遊所操（やなぎのいとゆうしょからくり）
市村
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.