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「流光けん」 「いさみ花むこ左七」4.5代目尾上梅幸、「町ひきやく駒吉」初代中村福助、「国侍くん次兵衛」初代中村鶴蔵
A Popular Ken Game (Ryûkô ken): Actors Onoe Baikô 4.5 (later Jitsukawa Enjaku I) as Isami's Son-in-Law (Hanamuko) Sashichi, Nakamura Fukusuke I as the Town Courier (Machi hikyaku) Komakichi, and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as the Provincial Samurai (Kunizamurai) Gunjibei
「流光けん」 「いさみ花むこ左七」4.5代目尾上梅幸、「町ひきやく駒吉」初代中村福助、「国侍くん次兵衛」初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Hatsu Dôchû Sugoroku Soga
Play (shosa): Umegoyomi Tokiwa no Irozake, with Tokiwazu music
Theater: Morita
The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
魁道中双禄曽我（はつどうちゅうすごろくそが）
裏梅暦松宴（うめごよみときわのいろざけ）、常磐津
守田、一番目五幕目
Play (shosa): Umegoyomi Tokiwa no Irozake, with Tokiwazu music
Theater: Morita
The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
魁道中双禄曽我（はつどうちゅうすごろくそが）
裏梅暦松宴（うめごよみときわのいろざけ）、常磐津
守田、一番目五幕目
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未弐改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未弐改
彫師：横川彫竹
Inscriptions「ことしや世直し元日に目出たくとつた年男福は内外もにこ／＼と鬼は外へと打豆にはら／＼逃ゆく西の海福は升々蔵入もヨイ／＼ふく祝ひましよおめでたや」
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.