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「昔語 奥勤の 鏡山」 「局岩藤」五代目沢村宗十郎 「中老尾上」十二代目市村羽左衛門 「尾上召仕初」初代坂東しうか
The Old Story of the Palace Ladies of Mirror Mountain (Mukashigatari okuzutome no Kagamiyama): Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Tsubone Iwafuji (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Chûrô Onoe (C), and Bandô Shûka I as Onoe's Servant (Meshitsukai) Hatsu (L)
「昔語 奥勤の 鏡山」 「局岩藤」五代目沢村宗十郎 「中老尾上」十二代目市村羽左衛門 「尾上召仕初」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 77.9 cm (14 5/8 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15825-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15825 (right), 11.15826 (left), 11.15827 (center)
Play: Hatsu-zakura Onoe Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
初桜尾上以丸藤（はつざくらおのえいわふじ）
市村
1847、弘化０４、02・18
Play: Hatsu-zakura Onoe Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
初桜尾上以丸藤（はつざくらおのえいわふじ）
市村
1847、弘化０４、02・18
Signed
Hanmoto no ôju Toyokuni ga (on right and center sheets), Ôju Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
梓元の応需豊国画 応需豊国画
梓元の応需豊国画 応需豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松、吉村
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.