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「当世好男子伝」松 「花和尚魯智深に比す朝比奈藤兵衛」初代中村福助 「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」初代河原崎権十郎
Pine: Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tôbei, Comparable to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin ni hisu) (R), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ude no Kisaburô, Comparable to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyôja Bushô ni hisu) (L), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Tôsei suikoden)
「当世好男子伝」松 「花和尚魯智深に比す朝比奈藤兵衛」初代中村福助 「行者武松に比す腕の喜三郎」初代河原崎権十郎
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
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 48.9 cm (14 5/16 x 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15473, 11.29737
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 91 (C); Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), pp. 77-9, cat. nos. 67 (R), 68 (C), 69 (L)
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.15473 (left), 11.29737 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.15472VR (11.15472, 11.15475, 11.42432); 11.15473VR (11.15473, 11.29737; two left sheets only)
見立
MFA impressions: 11.15472VR (11.15472, 11.15475, 11.42432); 11.15473VR (11.15473, 11.29737; two left sheets only)
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: Horse 7
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午七
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午七
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.