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「花競碁嘉久濃☆（はなくらべごかくのとりくみ）」初代坂東竹三郎 三代目岩井粂三郎 初代中村福助
Contest of Flowers, A Game of Go (Hana kurabe gokaku no torikumi): Actors Bandô Takesaburô I (R), Iwai Kumesaburô III (C), Nakamura Fukusuke I (L)
「花競碁嘉久濃☆（はなくらべごかくのとりくみ）」初代坂東竹三郎 三代目岩井粂三郎 初代中村福助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 77 cm (14 1/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44171a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯六
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「三亭春馬題 勝まけのつかぬ合碁にさかづきの水を入れてぞひきわけにする」
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.