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「木曽六十九駅 柏原 寝物語 児雷也」 八代目市川団十郎
Pillow Talk Village at Kashiwabara Station (Kashiwabara Nemonogatari): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Jiraiya, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 柏原 寝物語 児雷也」 八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42728
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-61
DescriptionStation 61.
Pillow Talk Village (Nemonogatari no sato) was an area where the provinces of Ômi and Mino were separated only by a narrow ditch, with lodgings on either side, so that you could, proverbially, "Talk to people from another province in your sleep."
In Chapters 14 and 15 of the novel Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari, the basis of several kabuki plays, the heroic thief Jiraiya visits the village.
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII had played the role earlier in the same year the print was produced:
Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）、滝壺の場
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Pillow Talk Village (Nemonogatari no sato) was an area where the provinces of Ômi and Mino were separated only by a narrow ditch, with lodgings on either side, so that you could, proverbially, "Talk to people from another province in your sleep."
In Chapters 14 and 15 of the novel Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari, the basis of several kabuki plays, the heroic thief Jiraiya visits the village.
Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII had played the role earlier in the same year the print was produced:
Play: Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari
Theater: Kawarazaki
児雷也豪傑譚語（じらいやごうけつものがたり）、滝壺の場
河原崎
1852、嘉永０５、07・25
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫多吉
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.