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花競昇勝業（はなくらべのぼるうでまえ） 初代市川米五郎、初代中村鶴蔵、六代目市川団蔵、四代目中村芝翫、二代目松本錦升、六代目坂東三津五郎、五代目坂東彦三郎、二代目中村福助、初代 市川新車、初代市川小文次、初代河原崎権十郎、初代 河原崎国太郎
Comparisons of Rising Skills (Hana kurabe noboru udemae): Actors Ichikawa Yonegorô I, Nakamura Tsuruzô I, Ichikawa Danzô VI, Nakamura Shikan IV, Matsumoto Kinshô II, Bandô Mitsugorô VI, Bandô Hikosaburô V, Nakamura Fukusuke II, Ichikawa Shinsha I, Ichikawa Kobunji I, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, and Kawarazaki Kunitarô I
花競昇勝業（はなくらべのぼるうでまえ） 初代市川米五郎、初代中村鶴蔵、六代目市川団蔵、四代目中村芝翫、二代目松本錦升、六代目坂東三津五郎、五代目坂東彦三郎、二代目中村福助、初代 市川新車、初代市川小文次、初代河原崎権十郎、初代 河原崎国太郎
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Genji 1/Bunkyû 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.4 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39418
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kurahashi, Edo kabuki no jôhô bunkashi (2021), p. 419, fig. 5; Waseda db 012-1224, 012-1238, 012-1330 (C, this sheet); 012-1223 (R); 012-1225, 012-1239 (L)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych; title on right sheet, publisher's mark on left sheet.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
子二改
No blockcutter's mark
子二改
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.