Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Rai Kunitoshi (R), Ichikawa Danzô VI as Gorobei Masamune (C), and Onoe Waichi II as His Son (Segare) Dankurô (L)


「来国とし」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「五郎兵衛政宗」六代目市川団蔵 「忰団九郎」二代目尾上和市
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 76.8 cm (14 3/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44259a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Date Moyô Somete Kisaragi
Theater: Nakamura
晴模様染衣更着(だてもようそめてきさらぎ)
中村
1858、安政05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午二
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.