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「流光絵双紙五人美男 不知火大尽」三代目岩井粂三郎 「流光絵双紙五人美男 鮫鞘四郎三」初代中村福助 「キラレ与三」初代河原崎権十郎 「白井権八」五代目坂東彦三郎 「新刀徳治」三代目市川市蔵
Five Handsome Men from a Popular Picturebook (Ryûkô esôshi gonin binan): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Shiranui Daijin (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Samezaya Shiroza (CR), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Kirare Yosa (C), Bandô Hikosaburô V as Shirai Gonpachi (CL), and Ichikawa Ichizô III as Shintô Tokuji (L)
「流光絵双紙五人美男 不知火大尽」三代目岩井粂三郎 「流光絵双紙五人美男 鮫鞘四郎三」初代中村福助 「キラレ与三」初代河原崎権十郎 「白井権八」五代目坂東彦三郎 「新刀徳治」三代目市川市蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 35.8 x 118.6 cm (14 1/8 x 46 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42140a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳十二
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.