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The Syllables Sa and Ki: Actors Asao Okuyama III as Daijin-bô and Bandô Shûka I as Urazato, from the series An Instructive Alphabet of Proverbs (Kyôkun iroha tatoe)


「教訓いろはたとゑ」「さ 大仁坊」三代目浅尾奥山、「き 浦里」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42607
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 19 in the series.

The complete series: 11.42589-11.42612.
役者名が墨書された貼り紙あり。
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
彫師:なし
InscriptionsProverb for Sa: Sanben mahatte tabako ni shô
Proverb for Ki: Kiite gokuraku mite jigoku
「三べんまはつて煙草にせう」「聞て極楽見て地ごく」
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.