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「忠臣蔵五十三次内 草津」 「大星由良之助」五代目沢村長十郎、「千崎弥五郎」三代目関三十郎
Kusatsu: Actors Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Seki Sanjûrô III as Senzaki Yagorô, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers and the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô (Chûshingura gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「忠臣蔵五十三次内 草津」 「大星由良之助」五代目沢村長十郎、「千崎弥五郎」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 5th 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 Number11.43659
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), fig. 35, p. 111 (complete diptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
Play: Chûshingura Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵五十三紀（ちゅうしんぐらごじゅうさんつぎ）
市村
1850、嘉永０３、05・01
Play: Chûshingura Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Ichimura
忠臣蔵五十三紀（ちゅうしんぐらごじゅうさんつぎ）
市村
1850、嘉永０３、05・01
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺、シタ売
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.