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「局岩藤」四代目中村歌右衛門 「中山」二代目中山文五郎、「召使お千代」初代坂東しうか
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Nakayama Bungorô II as Nakayama, and Bandô Shuka I as Iwafuji's Maid (Meshitsukai) Ochiyo (L)
「局岩藤」四代目中村歌右衛門 「中山」二代目中山文五郎、「召使お千代」初代坂東しうか
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.6 x 49.5 cm (14 7/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38370a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych)
DescriptionActually the right and left sheets of an incomplete tripotych.
Play: Omegumi ni Uruo Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
恵閏初夏藤
Play: Omegumi ni Uruo Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
恵閏初夏藤
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.