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見立頼政鵺物語 三代目尾上菊五郎 初代岩井杜若
Actors Actors Onoe Kikugorô III (R) and Iwai Tojaku I (L) in a Scene Imitating the Story of Yorimasa and the Nue Monster
見立頼政鵺物語 三代目尾上菊五郎 初代岩井杜若
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban diptych; 20.3 x 34.7 cm (8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26058-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 315; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #s 2977-8
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26058 (right), 11.26059 (left)
For a nishiki-e triptych of the same scene, see 11.38534a-c.
Poems translated in Polster & Marks 1980, p. 313.
For a nishiki-e triptych of the same scene, see 11.38534a-c.
Poems translated in Polster & Marks 1980, p. 313.
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Inscriptions「肌は雪裾野はみとり声いろをおやに似たりし不二のやまとや 柳桜亭花也」
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.