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「仁木惟吉 坂東簑助」（三代目） 「壱」
Actor Bandô Minosuke III as Nikki Korekichi, No. 1 of an untitled pentaptych
「仁木惟吉 坂東簑助」（三代目） 「壱」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1838 (Tenpô 9), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, right sheet of pentaptych; 32 x 22 cm (12 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42918
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), pl. 10 (sheets 4 and 5 only) and pp. 224-5 (complete pentaptych)
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.42918-22 (no VR)
Play (shosa, interval): Gosho Moyô Genji no Edo-zome
Play (main feature): Yanagi Sakura Iroe no Kagabone
Theater: Ichimura
内裡模様源氏紫（ごしょもようげんじのえどぞめ） 常磐津、長唄
柳桜錦絵加賀骨（やなぎさくらいろえのかがぼね）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1838、天保０９、03・03
Play (shosa, interval): Gosho Moyô Genji no Edo-zome
Play (main feature): Yanagi Sakura Iroe no Kagabone
Theater: Ichimura
内裡模様源氏紫（ごしょもようげんじのえどぞめ） 常磐津、長唄
柳桜錦絵加賀骨（やなぎさくらいろえのかがぼね）
市村、一番目と二番目の間
1838、天保０９、03・03
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.