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「江都の花錦絵競」 「行綱」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「鳴戸の前」初代坂東しうか、「義平」八代目市川団十郎、「国武」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Yukitsuna (TR), Bandô Shûka I as Naruto no Mae (TL), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yoshihira (BR), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kunitake (BL), from the series Flowers of Edo Compared in Color Prints (Edo no hana nishiki-e kurabe)
「江都の花錦絵競」 「行綱」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「鳴戸の前」初代坂東しうか、「義平」八代目市川団十郎、「国武」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40324, 11.45098
Play: Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
源家八代恵剛者（げんけはちだいめぐみのつわもの）
市村
1847、弘化０４、11・04
Play: Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
源家八代恵剛者（げんけはちだいめぐみのつわもの）
市村
1847、弘化０４、11・04
Signed
Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on TR design), Ôju Toyokuni ga (on TL design), Toyokuni ga (on BR and BL designs)
梓元の応需豊国画 応需豊国画 豊国画
梓元の応需豊国画 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.