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「木曽六十九駅 加納 鵜飼勘作」 八代目市川団十郎
Kanô Station: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as the Cormorant Fisherman (Ukai) Kansaku, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 加納 鵜飼勘作」 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)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42719
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-54
DescriptionStation 54.
Play not identified. Possibly based on a story also told in the No play Ukai, in which a cormorant fisherman is condemned for fishing in a sacred stratch of the Isawa River where the taking of life is forbidden. Nichiren Shônin prays for the soul of the fisherman. The Gifu catalogue adds that the son of the fisherman becomes a disciple of Nichiren.
Play not identified. Possibly based on a story also told in the No play Ukai, in which a cormorant fisherman is condemned for fishing in a sacred stratch of the Isawa River where the taking of life is forbidden. Nichiren Shônin prays for the soul of the fisherman. The Gifu catalogue adds that the son of the fisherman becomes a disciple of Nichiren.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：福、村松
彫師：彫竹
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.