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The Syllables Su and Kyô: Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Fujiya Izaemon and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hanakawado no Sukeroku, from the series An Instructive Alphabet of Proverbs (Kyôkun iroha tatoe)


「教訓いろはたとゑ」 「す 藤屋伊左エ門」五代目沢村長十郎、「京  花川戸助六」八代目市川団十郎
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; 37.4 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42612
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 24 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: Kinugasa, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田
彫師:なし
InscriptionsProverb for Su: Sui ga mi o kuu
Proverb for Kyô: Kyô kanoko ni Edo murasaki
「すいが身をくふ」「京かの子に江戸むらさき」
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.