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四代目市川団十郎の平景清、五代目の平良門、六代目の鎌倉権五郎影政
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as Taira no Kagekiyo, V as Taira no Yoshikado, and VI as Kamakura no Gongorô Kagemasa in Shibaraku
四代目市川団十郎の平景清、五代目の平良門、六代目の鎌倉権五郎影政
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39446
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sato et al., Fûryû ehon yomo byôbu (2023), p. 68; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #135
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.26973-5 (complete triptych), *11.39446 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Possibly designed in 1850 to celebrate the return of Ichikawa Ebizô V (formerly Danjûrô VII) to Edo after his banishment.
MFA impressions: 11.26973-5 (complete triptych), *11.39446 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Possibly designed in 1850 to celebrate the return of Ichikawa Ebizô V (formerly Danjûrô VII) to Edo after his banishment.
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni hitsu (on right sheet only)
一陽斎豊国筆 （右のみ）
一陽斎豊国筆 （右のみ）
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、シタ売
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.
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.