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五人囃子の内 「春詠価千金 岩井紫若」（初代岩井紫若の謡） 「春詠価千金 市川白猿」（七代目市川団十郎の笛） 「春詠価千金 市村家橘」（十二代目市村宇左衛門の小鼓） 「春詠価千金 中村翫雀」（四代目中村歌右衛門の大鼓）
Spring Songs Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold (Shun'ei atai senkin): Actors as the Five Musicians (Gonin bayashi): Iwai Shijaku I Chanting (R), Ichikawa Hakuen (=Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) Playing the Flute (CR), Ichimura Kakitsu III (=Ichimura Uzaemon XII) Playing a Small Hand Drum (CL), Nakamura Kanjaku (= Nakamura Utaemon IV) Playing a Large Hand Drum (L)
五人囃子の内 「春詠価千金 岩井紫若」（初代岩井紫若の謡） 「春詠価千金 市川白猿」（七代目市川団十郎の笛） 「春詠価千金 市村家橘」（十二代目市村宇左衛門の小鼓） 「春詠価千金 中村翫雀」（四代目中村歌右衛門の大鼓）
Japanese
Edo period
1820s-1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban tetraptych; 35.8 x 98.8 cm (14 1/8 x 38 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16504-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTetraptych (four sheets of incomplete pentaptych): 11.16504 (R), 11.16505 (L), 11.16506 (CR), 11.16507 (CL)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.