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「色くらべ双花葩」「名古屋山三」五代目坂東彦三郎 「不破伴左衛門」 四代目中村芝翫
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Nagoya Sanza and Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon in Irokurabe Futatsu Hanabira
「色くらべ双花葩」「名古屋山三」五代目坂東彦三郎 「不破伴左衛門」 四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.7 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40247
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
見立
Signed
Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：酉正改
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：酉正改
彫師：彫竹
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.