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「東下り難波みやけ」 五代目市川海老蔵、初代市川猿蔵 初代中山市蔵、八代目市川団十郎
An Osaka Souvenir from Edo (Azuma kudari Naniwa miyage): Actors Ichkawa Ebizô V, Ichikawa Saruzô I (R), Nakayama Ichizô I, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (L)
「東下り難波みやけ」 五代目市川海老蔵、初代市川猿蔵 初代中山市蔵、八代目市川団十郎
Japanese
Edo period
1849–50 (Kaei 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 50.5 cm (14 5/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43953a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly made either when Danjûrô VIII travelled to Kamigata to visit Ebizô V in the fall of 1849, or when Ebizô V returned to Edo in the third month of 1850, and Danjûrô VIII went out to meet him along the way.
見立
嘉永2年秋に八代目市川団十郎が五代目市川海老蔵に逢いに上方へ行った時のものヵ。もしくは嘉永3年3月に海老蔵が江戸へ戻る時、途中まで海老蔵を迎えに行く八代目市川団十郎を描いたものヵ。
見立
嘉永2年秋に八代目市川団十郎が五代目市川海老蔵に逢いに上方へ行った時のものヵ。もしくは嘉永3年3月に海老蔵が江戸へ戻る時、途中まで海老蔵を迎えに行く八代目市川団十郎を描いたものヵ。
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.