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「象引（ぞうひき）」「十八番之内 弐」「鈴鹿の皇子」五代目市川海老蔵、「山上源内左エ門」八代目市川団十郎
Pulling the Elephant (Zôbiki): Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Prince Suzuka (Suzuka no Ôji) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon, No. 2 from the series Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Jûhachiban no uchi)
「象引（ぞうひき）」「十八番之内 弐」「鈴鹿の皇子」五代目市川海老蔵、「山上源内左エ門」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42739
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #34; Edo-Tokyo Museum, Edo kabuki (1995), #4-18; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #102
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
香蝶豊国画(年玉枠)
香蝶豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：なし
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.