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「海老名源八弘綱」 「股野五郎景久」 「河津三郎祐安」
Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu (L) Wrestling Matano Gorô Kagehisa (C), with Ebina Genpachi Hirotsuna as Referee (R)
「海老名源八弘綱」 「股野五郎景久」 「河津三郎祐安」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1817 (Bunka 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.6 x 77.7 cm (15 3/16 x 30 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26943-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), p. 8
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26943 (left), 11.26944 (right), 11.26945 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.26943-5 (complete), *11.29701 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.26943-5 (complete), *11.29701 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
一雄斎国貞画
一雄斎国貞画
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.