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「通人☆舎」初代坂東竹三郎ヵ、「茶屋娘お梅」二代目尾上菊次郎 「作者瀬川如皐」初代中山市蔵ヵ、「作者津打半左衛門」四代目坂東彦三郎 「俳優玉沢林弥」三代目岩井粂三郎、「中はたらき米吉」四代目市川小団次
Actors Bandô Takesaburô I (?) as Man-about-town (Tsûjin) Raisha, Onoe Kikujirô II as Teahouse Girl (Chaya musume) Oume (R), Nakayama Ichizô I (?) as Author (Sakusha) Segawa Kisaragi, Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Author Tsuuchi Hanzaemon (C), Iwai Kumesaburô III as Actor Tamazawa Rin'ya, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Servant (Nakahataraki) Yonekichi (L)
「通人☆舎」初代坂東竹三郎ヵ、「茶屋娘お梅」二代目尾上菊次郎 「作者瀬川如皐」初代中山市蔵ヵ、「作者津打半左衛門」四代目坂東彦三郎 「俳優玉沢林弥」三代目岩井粂三郎、「中はたらき米吉」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 74.1 cm (14 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43995a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAn imaginary street scene featuring actors who appeared at the Nakamura theater in 1851.
画中の役者は嘉永４年度中村座に一座するが該当する上演なし。
[画題等][役者配役]☆は山遍に来旁。
画中の役者は嘉永４年度中村座に一座するが該当する上演なし。
[画題等][役者配役]☆は山遍に来旁。
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、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.