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「河津三郎祐安」 「海老名源八弘綱」 「股野五郎景久」
Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu Wrestling Matano Gorô Kagehisa, with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna as Referee
「河津三郎祐安」 「海老名源八弘綱」 「股野五郎景久」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838–40 (Tenpô 9–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.4 cm (14 x 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40076a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #89; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #79; Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 44
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.