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「富樫左ヱ門」四代目市川小団次 「武蔵坊弁慶」八代目市川団十郎 「源義経」初代坂東竹三郎
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Togashi Saemon (R), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Musashibô Benkei (C), and Bandô Takesaburô I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune (L)
「富樫左ヱ門」四代目市川小団次 「武蔵坊弁慶」八代目市川団十郎 「源義経」初代坂東竹三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 74.5 cm (13 7/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44008a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #39
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.44008a-c, 17.3216.18-20
Play (shosa): Kanjinchô
Play (main feature): Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Kawarazaki
勧進帳（かんじんちょう） 長唄
伊達競阿国劇場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２、03・07
Play (shosa): Kanjinchô
Play (main feature): Date Kurabe Okuni Kabuki
Theater: Kawarazaki
勧進帳（かんじんちょう） 長唄
伊達競阿国劇場（だてくらべおくにかぶき）
河原崎
1849、嘉永０２、03・07
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
一陽斎豊国画
一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoems
「此木戸の掟をゆるす桜かな 米升」
「花の空それつら／＼おもん見れは 夜雨庵<八代目三升>」
「こたひ武蔵坊のすゝめによりて しらぬ山ふむも虎の尾さくらかな 橘子<竹☆>」
「此木戸の掟をゆるす桜かな 米升」
「花の空それつら／＼おもん見れは 夜雨庵<八代目三升>」
「こたひ武蔵坊のすゝめによりて しらぬ山ふむも虎の尾さくらかな 橘子<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.