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「浄瑠璃八景 一中 競牡丹」「仲の町の契嵐」四代目中村芝翫の不破伴左衛門、三代目市川市蔵の名古屋山三
Clear Weather in Naka-no-chô (Naka-no-chô no seiran): The Itchûbushi Song Contest of Peonies (Itchû Kurabe botan), Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nagoya Sanza, from the series Eight Views of Jôruri Ballads (Jôruri hakkei)
「浄瑠璃八景 一中 競牡丹」「仲の町の契嵐」四代目中村芝翫の不破伴左衛門、三代目市川市蔵の名古屋山三
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.5 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40212
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印：申十二改
彫師：彫兼
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印：申十二改
彫師：彫兼
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.