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「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」 「梅のよし兵衛」四代目中村歌右衛門、「五条坂のおやま」三代目岩井粂三郎、「三信斎」二代目市川九蔵、「由兵へ女房小梅」二代目尾上菊次郎
Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ume no Yoshibei (TR), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Gojôzaka no Oyama (TL), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Sanshinsai (BR), and Onoe Kikujirô II as Yoshibei's Wife (Nyôbô) Koume (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」 「梅のよし兵衛」四代目中村歌右衛門、「五条坂のおやま」三代目岩井粂三郎、「三信斎」二代目市川九蔵、「由兵へ女房小梅」二代目尾上菊次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 5th 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 Number11.40323
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40323, 11.45099
Play (second feature): Tsumagasane Ume no Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
褄二重梅由兵衛（つまがさねうめのよしべえ）
月梅摂景清（つきのうめめぐみのかげきよ）
中村、二番目
1848、弘化０５、01・13
Play (second feature): Tsumagasane Ume no Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
褄二重梅由兵衛（つまがさねうめのよしべえ）
月梅摂景清（つきのうめめぐみのかげきよ）
中村、二番目
1848、弘化０５、01・13
Signed
Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on TR design), Toyokuni ga (on TL, BR, and BL designs)
梓元の応需豊国画 豊国画
梓元の応需豊国画 豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.