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「舟へんけい」「武蔵坊弁慶」五代目市川海老蔵 「新中納言知盛」八代目市川団十郎
Actors in Funa Benkei: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Musashibô Benkei (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Shinchûnagon Tomomori (L)
「舟へんけい」「武蔵坊弁慶」五代目市川海老蔵 「新中納言知盛」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 46 cm (14 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22032-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22032 (left), 11.22033 (right)
Play (finale of Part 2): Shiki Utsushi Tosa-e no Futsutsuka
Play (main feature): Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark (Marks U494).
四季写士佐画拙（しきうつしとさえのふつつか）
市村
Play (finale of Part 2): Shiki Utsushi Tosa-e no Futsutsuka
Play (main feature): Genke Hachidai Megumi no Tsuwamono
Theater: Ichimura
Unidentified publisher's mark (Marks U494).
四季写士佐画拙（しきうつしとさえのふつつか）
市村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Unidentified publisher's mark
改印：米良、村田
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: 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.