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「夜の梅花の魁」 「春はやくけしき調ふ月と梅」 四代目中村芝翫 三代目岩井粂三郎 三代目市川市蔵
The Paragon of Flowers, Plum Blossoms at Night (Yoru no ume hana no sakigake): Actors Nakamura Shikan IV (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III (C), and Ichikawa Ichizô III (L)
「夜の梅花の魁」 「春はやくけしき調ふ月と梅」 四代目中村芝翫 三代目岩井粂三郎 三代目市川市蔵
Shunpûsha (Japanese)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 74.5 cm (14 1/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37490a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 012-0467 (R), 012-0468 (C), 012-0469 (L)
Signed
Shunpûsha ga
春風舎画
春風舎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 12
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Sen
改印：午十二
彫師：彫工千
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Sen
改印：午十二
彫師：彫工千
InscriptionsPoem: Haru hayaku / keshiki totonou/ tsuki to ume
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.