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「ふじの方」四代目尾上梅幸、「足利満氏」初代中村福助
Actors Onoe Baikô IV as Fuji no kata and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ashikaga Mitsuuji
「ふじの方」四代目尾上梅幸、「足利満氏」初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 006-2201, 100-5430; Shindo, Gototei Kunisada yakusha-e no sekai (1993), p. 104
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate), possibly made in anticipation of the actor's arrival in Edo (and name change from Baikô IV to Kikugorô IV) in the 9th month.
見立
<4>尾上菊五郎は安政2年9月に江戸下り。本図は予定稿ヵ。
見立
<4>尾上菊五郎は安政2年9月に江戸下り。本図は予定稿ヵ。
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯八
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.