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「江戸の花錦絵くらべ」 「あざみのお花」二代目尾上菊次郎、「白坂甚平」二代目市川九蔵、「印南数馬」三代目岩井粂三郎、「大高主殿」四代目中村歌右衛門
Actor Onoe Kikujirô II as Azami no Ohana (TR), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Shirasaka Jinbei (TL), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Innami Kazuma (BR), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Ôtaka Tonomo (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」 「あざみのお花」二代目尾上菊次郎、「白坂甚平」二代目市川九蔵、「印南数馬」三代目岩井粂三郎、「大高主殿」四代目中村歌右衛門
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), 8th 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 Number11.40329
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Takagi Oriemon Budô Jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura
高木織右武実録（たかぎおりえもんぶどうじつろく）
中村
1848、嘉永０１、08・16
Theater: Nakamura
高木織右武実録（たかぎおりえもんぶどうじつろく）
中村
1848、嘉永０１、08・16
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.