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「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」 「若とう八右衛門」初代松本錦升、「桜屋の小万」四代目尾上梅幸、「笹の三吾兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎、「勝間源五兵衛」五代目沢村宗十郎
Actors Matsumoto Kinshô I as Wakatô Hachiemon (TR), Onoe Baikô IV as Sakuraya no Koman (TL), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Sasa no Sangobei (BR), and Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Katsuma Gengobei (BL), from the series Flowers of Edo Compared in Color Prints (Edo no hana nishiki-e kurabe)
「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」 「若とう八右衛門」初代松本錦升、「桜屋の小万」四代目尾上梅幸、「笹の三吾兵衛」四代目坂東彦三郎、「勝間源五兵衛」五代目沢村宗十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40322
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40322, 11.45100
Play (second feature): Godairiki Koi no Fûjime
Play (main feature): Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto
Theater: Kawarazaki
五大力恋緘（ごだいりきこいのふうじめ）
増補筑紫☆（ぞうほつくしのいえづと）
河原崎、二番目
1848、嘉永０１、07・29
Play (second feature): Godairiki Koi no Fûjime
Play (main feature): Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto
Theater: Kawarazaki
五大力恋緘（ごだいりきこいのふうじめ）
増補筑紫☆（ぞうほつくしのいえづと）
河原崎、二番目
1848、嘉永０１、07・29
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on BL design)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.