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「今昔児手柏 五」「ばんずゐお時」初代坂東しうか、「一子長松」坂東吉弥
Actors Bandô Shûka I as Banzui Otoki and Bandô Kichiya as the Son (Ichiko) Chômatsu (inset), No. 5 from the series Past and Present, Both Sides of the Leaf (Konjaku konotegashiwa)
「今昔児手柏 五」「ばんずゐお時」初代坂東しうか、「一子長松」坂東吉弥
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43688
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43688, 11.45396.23 (creped and mounted in album)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯四
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯四
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.