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坂東三津五郎 中村芝翫
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô IV, formerly Minosuke (R), and Nakamura Shikan II (L) as Footmen (Yakko)
坂東三津五郎 中村芝翫
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50.6 cm (14 5/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38437a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-6656 (R), 101-6655 (L) (arranged in the opposite order); Kuniyoshi Project db; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #3-82 (arranged in the opposite order)
DescriptionMay have been photographed out of order.
Play: Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
弥生の花浅草祭
Play: Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri
Theater: Nakamura
弥生の花浅草祭
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
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.