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「江戸の花名勝会 ぬ 十番組」 「吉原」 「白酒売 市村竹之丞」（五代目）
Nu Brigade, Tenth Group, Yoshiwara: Actor Ichimura Takenojô V as a Vendor of White Sake (Shirozake-uri), from the series Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishô-e)
「江戸の花名勝会 ぬ 十番組」 「吉原」 「白酒売 市村竹之丞」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Other artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.6 cm (14 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42489
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Newland, Yoshitoshi (2011), p. 11, fig. 3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42489, 11.44603
The term “flowers of Edo” (Edo no hana) can refer, among other things, to fires. The title panel for each print in this series shows the lanterns and identifying standard (matoi) for one of the brigades of firefighters (hikeshi) assigned to various districts. On the west side of the Sumida River were 48 brigades named for the symbols of the kana syllabary and grouped into 8 numbered groups (1 to 10, minus the bad-luck numbers 4 and 7). On the east side of the river, brigades were numbered and assigned to directional groups. Outlying districts were covered by special brigades, here designated “extra” (bangai). Each title gives the name or number of a brigade, its group, and its district, followed by the kabuki scene chosen to match it.
(見立)
The term “flowers of Edo” (Edo no hana) can refer, among other things, to fires. The title panel for each print in this series shows the lanterns and identifying standard (matoi) for one of the brigades of firefighters (hikeshi) assigned to various districts. On the west side of the Sumida River were 48 brigades named for the symbols of the kana syllabary and grouped into 8 numbered groups (1 to 10, minus the bad-luck numbers 4 and 7). On the east side of the river, brigades were numbered and assigned to directional groups. Outlying districts were covered by special brigades, here designated “extra” (bangai). Each title gives the name or number of a brigade, its group, and its district, followed by the kabuki scene chosen to match it.
(見立)
Signed
Nanajûhachi ô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (bottom left); Hokuei ga (bottom right); Yoshitoshi ga (top); Chikudô sho (calligraphy, top)
七十八翁 豊国画(年玉枠)、北栄画、芳年筆、竹堂書
七十八翁 豊国画(年玉枠)、北栄画、芳年筆、竹堂書
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥八改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥八改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.