Advanced Search 
「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」 「牛若丸」三代目岩井粂三郎、「熊坂」四代目中村歌右衛門、「黒船忠右衛門」五代目沢村宗十郎、「奴の小万」四代目尾上梅幸
Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ushiwakamaru (TR), Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kumasaka (TL), Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Kurofune Chûemon (BR), and Onoe Baiko IV as Yakko no Koman (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」 「牛若丸」三代目岩井粂三郎、「熊坂」四代目中村歌右衛門、「黒船忠右衛門」五代目沢村宗十郎、「奴の小万」四代目尾上梅幸
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), 1st 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 Number11.40327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40327, 11.45097
The two upper figures:
Play: Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
The two lower figures:
Play: Kichirei Soga no Toshidama
Theater: Kawarazaki
牛若丸・熊坂は弘化５年1月中村座「月梅摂景清」、黒船忠右衛門・奴の小万は同年1月河原崎座「吉例曽我訥子玉」に該当。
The two upper figures:
Play: Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo
Theater: Nakamura
The two lower figures:
Play: Kichirei Soga no Toshidama
Theater: Kawarazaki
牛若丸・熊坂は弘化５年1月中村座「月梅摂景清」、黒船忠右衛門・奴の小万は同年1月河原崎座「吉例曽我訥子玉」に該当。
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each design)
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.