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「江戸廼華名勝会 く 五番組」 「四谷」 「於岩の亡霊 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Ku Brigade, Fifth Group, Yotsuya: Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa no bôrei), from the series Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishô-e)
「江戸廼華名勝会 く 五番組」 「四谷」 「於岩の亡霊 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.9 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42509
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #4-13
DescriptionForms the second sheet (from right to left) of a tetraptych showing actors in the play Yotsuya Kaidan, with images from utsushi-e (magic lantern slides) above.
MFA impressions:
Sheet 1 (R): 11.45396.9 (creped, in album)
Sheet 2 (CR): 11.42509, 11.45396.10 (creped, in album)
Sheet 3 (CL): 11.42510, 11.45396.11 (creped, in album)
Sheet 4 (L): 11.45396.12 (creped, in album)
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.
四ツ谷。四ツ谷のお岩と麹町の直助権兵衛が組みになる。
(見立)
MFA impressions:
Sheet 1 (R): 11.45396.9 (creped, in album)
Sheet 2 (CR): 11.42509, 11.45396.10 (creped, in album)
Sheet 3 (CL): 11.42510, 11.45396.11 (creped, in album)
Sheet 4 (L): 11.45396.12 (creped, in album)
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.
四ツ谷。四ツ谷のお岩と麹町の直助権兵衛が組みになる。
(見立)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (bottom right); Toyû ga (top); Sadahide ga (bottom left)
豊国画(年玉枠)、都遊画、貞秀画
豊国画(年玉枠)、都遊画、貞秀画
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥十一改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥十一改
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.