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「独娘に婿八人」 三代目岩井粂三郎 二代目沢村宇十郎、二代目中山文五郎、三代目尾上新七ヵ、八代目市川団十郎、初代市川広五郎 等
Eight Bridegrooms for One Daughter (Hitori musume ni muko hachinin): Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III (R) and others including Sawamura Ujûrô II, Nakayama Bungorô II, Onoe Shinshichi III (?), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, and Ichikawa Kôgorô I (L)
「独娘に婿八人」 三代目岩井粂三郎 二代目沢村宇十郎、二代目中山文五郎、三代目尾上新七ヵ、八代目市川団十郎、初代市川広五郎 等
Japanese
Edo period
about 1849 (Kaei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 51.1 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21597-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21597 (right), 11.21598 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.21597-8, 11.45211a-b
役者の似顔になっていない者は役者ではなし？
MFA impressions: 11.21597-8, 11.45211a-b
役者の似顔になっていない者は役者ではなし？
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ôju Toyokuni giga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画(年玉印) 応需 豊国戯画(年玉印)
一陽斎豊国画(年玉印) 応需 豊国戯画(年玉印)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「八人にいかてかわれん十露盤<そろばん>の玉のやうなる娘一人は 桃栗山人」
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.