Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Actors Arashi Rikan III as Abe no Sadatô and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Hachimantarô (R); Ichikawa Ebizô V as Abe no Munetô and Arashi Rikan III as Sadatô's Wife (Tsuma) Sodehagi (L)


「安部貞任」三代目嵐璃寛 「八幡太郎」八代目市川団十郎 「安部宗任」五代目市川海老蔵 「貞任妻袖萩」三代目嵐璃寛
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 48.6 cm (13 7/8 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29281-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.29281 (right), 11.29282 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.29281-2, 11.43891a-b

Play: Ôshû Adachigahara
Play: Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Kawarazaki
奥州安達原(おうしゅうあだちがはら)
一谷嫩軍記(いちのたにふたばぐんき)
河原崎
1852、嘉永05
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子九
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.