Advanced Search
Advanced Search

The Begining of the Kewaizaka Section from the Story of the Soga Brothers: Kajiwara Genta Kagehide, the Courtesan Shôshô, and Soga Gorô Tokimune (Soga monogatari Kewaizaka no jô, Kajiwara Genta Kagehide, Yûkun Shôshô, Soga Gorô Tokimune )


「曽我物語化粧坂の条」「梶原源太景季」 「遊君少将」 「曽我五郎時宗」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 72.9 cm (14 1/16 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39075a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29916-8, 11.39075a-c
Signed Ôju Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on center and left sheets)
応需 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印) 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村
彫師:なし
Inscriptions「曽我時宗化粧坂の遊女に深くいひかはしけるが梶原景季これを揚詰にして時宗来れども逢せざりければ あふと見る夢路にとまるやどもがなつらきことばにまたもこえなん とよみてたち帰りけるとそ」
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.