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「程義経恋源（ほどよしつねこいのみなもと） 一代鏡 三略伝 十三」 五条橋 「牛若丸」 「弁慶」
No. 13: Ushiwakamaru and Benkei on Gojô Bridge, from the series Mirror of the Life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the Wellspring of Romance (Hodo Yoshitsune koi no minamoto ichidai kagami, sanryakuden)
「程義経恋源（ほどよしつねこいのみなもと） 一代鏡 三略伝 十三」 五条橋 「牛若丸」 「弁慶」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1852 (Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.9 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38128
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #60; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S65.9
DescriptionThe subtitle in full:
Benkei wa Ushiwakamaru ni fukaku o tori sore o sugan to machikeru ni futatabi Gojô no hashi ni te ideai ga chikara tsuyokeredo Ushiwaka ga tachisaki ni atarigataki koto o shirite tsui ni kôsan shite shûjû no keiyaku o nashitarikeru
「弁慶ハ牛若丸に不覚をとり夫（それ）をすがんと待ちけるに再び五条の橋にて出会いか力強けれど牛若が太刀先に当たりがたき事を知りて遂に降参して主徒の契約をなしたりける」
Benkei wa Ushiwakamaru ni fukaku o tori sore o sugan to machikeru ni futatabi Gojô no hashi ni te ideai ga chikara tsuyokeredo Ushiwaka ga tachisaki ni atarigataki koto o shirite tsui ni kôsan shite shûjû no keiyaku o nashitarikeru
「弁慶ハ牛若丸に不覚をとり夫（それ）をすがんと待ちけるに再び五条の橋にて出会いか力強けれど牛若が太刀先に当たりがたき事を知りて遂に降参して主徒の契約をなしたりける」
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.