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「踊形容新開入之図（おどりけいようにかいいりのづ）」 三代目中村大吉、十一代目森田勘弥、初代中村鴻蔵、二代目浅尾与六、二代目片岡我童 四代目尾上菊五郎、三代目関三十郎、初代中村翫太郎、十三代目市村羽左衛門、初代坂東竹三郎、二代目片岡我当ヵ、五代目嵐小六
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Backstage at a Newly Opened Theater (Odori keiyô nikai-iri no zu): Actors Nakamura Daikichi III, Morita Kan'ya XI, Nakamura Kôzô I, Asao Yoroku II, Kataoka Gadô II (R); Onoe Kikugorô IV, Seki Sanjûrô III, Nakamura Kantarô I, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, Bandô Takesaburô I, Kataoka Gatô II (?), Arashi Koroku V (L)
「踊形容新開入之図（おどりけいようにかいいりのづ）」 三代目中村大吉、十一代目森田勘弥、初代中村鴻蔵、二代目浅尾与六、二代目片岡我童 四代目尾上菊五郎、三代目関三十郎、初代中村翫太郎、十三代目市村羽左衛門、初代坂東竹三郎、二代目片岡我当ヵ、五代目嵐小六
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 50 cm (14 1/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39669a-b
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #65 (complete); Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #92 (complete); Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #133 (complete)
DescriptionTwo right sheets of an incomplete triptych that is the lower half of a two-tier hexaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.22366VR (11.22366, 11.22367, 11.22475; lower half), 11.28578-83 (complete; upper half, 11.28578-80; lower half, 11.28581-3), *11.39669a-b (two right sheets of lower half; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44200a-f (complete)
MFA impressions: 11.22366VR (11.22366, 11.22367, 11.22475; lower half), 11.28578-83 (complete; upper half, 11.28578-80; lower half, 11.28581-3), *11.39669a-b (two right sheets of lower half; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44200a-f (complete)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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.