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「江都の花錦絵競」 「鰕さこの十」八代目市川団十郎、「三日月おせん」初代坂東しうか、「竹之進」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「弁慶」八代目市川団十郎
Actor Ichikawa Danjirô VIII as Ebizako no Jû (TR), Bandô Shûka I as Mikazuki Osen (TL), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Takenoshin (BR), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Benkei (BL), from the series Flowers of Edo Compared in Color Prints (Edo no hana nishiki-e kurabe)
「江都の花錦絵競」 「鰕さこの十」八代目市川団十郎、「三日月おせん」初代坂東しうか、「竹之進」十二代目市村羽左衛門、「弁慶」八代目市川団十郎
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; 36.2 x 24.9 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40330, 11.45096
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
弁慶については二番目大切「四季写土佐画拙」(常磐津・義太夫・長唄)に該当。
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
弁慶については二番目大切「四季写土佐画拙」(常磐津・義太夫・長唄)に該当。
Signed
Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on TR and BR designs), Ôju Toyokuni ga (on TL and BL designs)
應需豊国画
應需豊国画
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.