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「あつまのわか手五人男」「かりの文吉」三代目沢村田之助 「雷門乃正」初代河原崎権十郎 「極印の仙」四代目市村家橘 「あんの平」三代目市川市蔵 「布袋堂ノ市」四代目中村芝翫
Five Young Men of the East (Azuma no wakate gonin otoko): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kari no Bunkichi (R), Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Raimon no Masa (CR), Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Gokuin no Sen (C), Ichikawa Ichizô III as An no Hei (CL), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Hoteidô no Ichi (L)
「あつまのわか手五人男」「かりの文吉」三代目沢村田之助 「雷門乃正」初代河原崎権十郎 「極印の仙」四代目市村家橘 「あんの平」三代目市川市蔵 「布袋堂ノ市」四代目中村芝翫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 36.8 x 123.1 cm (14 1/2 x 48 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42141a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #62
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29911-5, 11.42141a-e
Signed
Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥七改
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.