With Loyalty and Valor, They Pursue the Enemy and Make a Name for Themselves at the Ōi River (Chūkō giyū teki o tazune Ōikawa ni te eimei o arawasu): Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Tenjiku Kaja (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nakano Tōbei (C), and Sawamura Sōjūrō V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Advanced Search

Advanced Search

With Loyalty and Valor, They Pursue the Enemy and Make a Name for Themselves at the Ōi River (Chūkō giyū teki o tazune Ōikawa ni te eimei o arawasu): Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Tenjiku Kaja (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nakano Tōbei (C), and Sawamura Sōjūrō V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (L)

With Loyalty and Valor, They Pursue the Enemy and Make a Name for Themselves at the Ōi River (Chūkō giyū teki o tazune Ōikawa ni te eimei o arawasu): Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Tenjiku Kaja (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nakano Tōbei (C), and Sawamura Sōjūrō V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (L)

「忠孝義勇敵をたづね大井川にて英明をあらハす」　「天竺冠者」三代目尾上菊五郎　　「中野藤兵衛」十二代目市村羽左衛門　　「寺西閑心」五代目沢村宗十郎ヵ

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Enshūya Matabei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847 (Kōka 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 34.8 x 74.3 cm (13 11/16 x 29 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38497a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Onoe Kikugorō Ichidai Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
尾上梅寿一代噺（おのえきくごろういちだいばなし）
市村

Signed Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.