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大山良弁滝之図 「岩井紫若」（初代）、「沢村訥升」（初代）、「市川九蔵」（二代目）、「沢村徳之助」
Rōben Falls on Mount Ōyama (Ōyama Rōben taki no zu): Actors Iwai Shijaku I, Sawamura Tosshō I, Ichikawa Kuzō II, and Sawamura Tokunosuke
大山良弁滝之図 「岩井紫若」（初代）、「沢村訥升」（初代）、「市川九蔵」（二代目）、「沢村徳之助」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839 (Tenpō 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37954
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi (2011), #140 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.37954-5 (no VR)
Title on missing left sheet.
The print must date from some time between the retirement of Onoe Kikugorō III in 11/1838 (since he is not shown) and that of Kirishima Giemon in 5/1840.
Title on missing left sheet.
The print must date from some time between the retirement of Onoe Kikugorō III in 11/1838 (since he is not shown) and that of Kirishima Giemon in 5/1840.
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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: 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.