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「武部源蔵」四代目坂東彦三郎 「藤原時平 公」八代目市川団十郎 「菅原の道真」五代目沢村宗十郎
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Takebe Genzô (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Fujiwara Shihei kô (C), and Sawamura Sojûrô V as Sugawara no Michizane (L)
「武部源蔵」四代目坂東彦三郎 「藤原時平 公」八代目市川団十郎 「菅原の道真」五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1846 (Kôka 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 73.4 cm (14 1/8 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38237a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db; Iwakiri, "Tenpô kaikaku," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 143 (2002), fig. 25
DescriptionPlay: Tenmangû Wakaba no Koaishu
Theater: Kawarazaki
天満宮緑梅松桜
河原崎
Theater: Kawarazaki
天満宮緑梅松桜
河原崎
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
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.