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「当世好男子伝」竹 「張順に比す夢の市郎兵衛」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「公孫勝に比す幡隨意長兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵 「林中に比す鮫鞘四郎三」五代目坂東彦三郎
Bamboo: Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Yume no Ichirobei, Comparable to Zhang Shun (Chôjun ni hisu ) (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Banzui Chôbei, Comparable to Gongsun Sheng (Kôsonshô ni hisu) (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Samezaya Shiroza, Comparable to Lin Zhong (Rinchû ni hisu) ( (L), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Tôsei suikoden)
「当世好男子伝」竹 「張順に比す夢の市郎兵衛」八代目片岡仁左衛門 「公孫勝に比す幡隨意長兵衛」五代目市川海老蔵 「林中に比す鮫鞘四郎三」五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 74.7 cm (14 9/16 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42433-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #9; Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #49 (C only); Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), pp. 80-1, cat. nos. 70 (R), 71 (C), 72 (L)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.42433 (right), 11.42434 (center), 11.42435 (left)
見立
見立
Signed
Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未四改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未四改
彫師：横川彫竹
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.