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八代目市川団十郎、「鳴台昌九郎」七代目市川高麗蔵 「貝屋善吉」初代中村福助、四代目中村歌右衛門
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (in inset), Ichikawa Komazô VII as Kôdai Shôkurô (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Kaiya Zenkichi, and Nakamura Utaemon IV (in inset) (L)
八代目市川団十郎、「鳴台昌九郎」七代目市川高麗蔵 「貝屋善吉」初代中村福助、四代目中村歌右衛門
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
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 49.8 cm (14 1/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21753-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Negishi, "Sandai Toyokuni yakusha-e...," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 154 (2007), p. 42, fig. 11
DescriptionDiptych: 11.21753 (left), 11.21754 (right)
Play: Aoto Zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
Recently deceased actors, in the insets, are compared to living actors of the same lineages.
青砥稿（あおとぞうし）
市村
1854、嘉永０７
Play: Aoto Zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
Recently deceased actors, in the insets, are compared to living actors of the same lineages.
青砥稿（あおとぞうし）
市村
1854、嘉永０７
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 10
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Take (right sheet), Yokokawa Hori Take (left sheet)
改印：改、寅十
彫師：彫竹 横川彫竹
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Take (right sheet), Yokokawa Hori Take (left sheet)
改印：改、寅十
彫師：彫竹 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.