Poem by Sanjôin Onna Kurôdo Sakon: (Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as) Tokijirô, from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokkasen no uchi)

「見立三十六歌撰之内　三条院女蔵人左近　時次郎」　八代目市川団十郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42681

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 65, cat. no. 55; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #2

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36779.67, 11.42681

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫竹

Inscriptions「岩はしの　夜の契も　たへぬへし　あくる侘しき　かつらきの神」

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.