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「見立武者六歌仙」 「遍昭に擬す原源三位頼政」、「康秀に擬す薩摩守忠度」 「小町に擬す建礼門院」、「業平に擬す右大臣実朝」 「黒主に擬す右大将頼朝」、「喜撰に擬す熊谷蓮生坊」（＝熊谷直実）
Warriors Representing the Six Poetic Immortals (Mitate musha rokkasen): for Henjô (Henjô ni gi su), Gen no Sanmi Yorimasa; for Yasuhide, Satsuma no Kami Tadanori (R), for Komachi, Kenrei mon'in; for Narihira, Udaijin Sanetomo (C); for Kuronushi, Udaishô Yoritomo; for Kisen, Kumagae Renshôbô [=Naozane] (L)
「見立武者六歌仙」 「遍昭に擬す原源三位頼政」、「康秀に擬す薩摩守忠度」 「小町に擬す建礼門院」、「業平に擬す右大臣実朝」 「黒主に擬す右大将頼朝」、「喜撰に擬す熊谷蓮生坊」（＝熊谷直実）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 76.2 cm (14 3/4 x 30 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38251a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haft, Aesthetic Strategies (2013), fig. 65, pp. 123-7; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #67; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T48
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on left sheet only)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.