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七代目市川団十郎の海野小太郎行氏 二代目岩井粂三郎の奥女中衣笠 三代目坂東三津五郎の鷲尾三郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Yamagatsu Buô, actually Unno Kotarô Yukiuji (R); Iwai Kumesaburô II as the Lady-in-waiting (Oku jochû) Kinugasa (C); and Bandô Mitsugorô III as Yamagatsu Kumaô, actually Washinoo Saburô (L)
七代目市川団十郎の海野小太郎行氏 二代目岩井粂三郎の奥女中衣笠 三代目坂東三津五郎の鷲尾三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1827–28 (Bunsei 10–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban triptych; 20.8 x 54.5 cm (8 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26721-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #40; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #49; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2700 (left sheet) and #2701 (right sheet)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26721 (right), 11.26722 (center), 11.26723 (left)
Play: Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise
Theater: Ichimura
The play was a kaomise performance in the 11th month of 1827; the triptych may have been made for New Year of 1828.
Poems translated in Izzard 1993, pp. 114-5.
Play: Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise
Theater: Ichimura
The play was a kaomise performance in the 11th month of 1827; the triptych may have been made for New Year of 1828.
Poems translated in Izzard 1993, pp. 114-5.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Inscriptions(right) Poem by Tsukushite Aritake: Nobori koi/ hirefuru taki no/ atsugôri/ haru no hiashi ni/ kudaku aragoto
(center) Poem by Ryûôtei Hananari: Sotto seshi/ yuki no furisode/ nugi sutete/ warau mo ada na/ hana no Yamatoya
(left) Poem by Ôguan Sobito: Washi no o no/ Yamatoya gei no/ na ni takaki/ ueminu hana no/ Ô-Edo no haru
(center) Poem by Ryûôtei Hananari: Sotto seshi/ yuki no furisode/ nugi sutete/ warau mo ada na/ hana no Yamatoya
(left) Poem by Ôguan Sobito: Washi no o no/ Yamatoya gei no/ na ni takaki/ ueminu hana no/ Ô-Edo no haru
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.