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「言号お花」四代目尾上菊五郎 「浮世からの半七」八代目片岡仁左衛門
Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Iinazuke Ohana (R) and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ukiyo Kara no Hanshichi (L)
「言号お花」四代目尾上菊五郎 「浮世からの半七」八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke (Kaijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 49.1 cm (14 1/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40834a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-3027 (R), 101-3028 (L)
DescriptionPossibly two left sheets of a triptych, with 11.40756 as the right sheet.
Play (second feature): Somekaete Ukiyo no Edozuma
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
翻脚浮世江戸褄（そめかえてうきよのえどづま）
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Play (second feature): Somekaete Ukiyo no Edozuma
Play (main feature): Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
翻脚浮世江戸褄（そめかえてうきよのえどづま）
義経千本桜（よしつねせんぼんざくら）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未七改
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.