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「当世好男子伝」梅 「楊志ニ比ス唐犬権兵衛」三代目嵐吉三郎 「阮小二比ス団七九郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「小三娘比ス奴ノ小万」三代目岩井粂三郎
Plum: Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Tôken Gonbei, Comparable to Yang Zhi (Yôshi ni hisu) (R); Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei, Comparable to Ruan Xiaoer (Genshôji hisu) (C); and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yakko no Koman, Comparable to Little Sanniang [=Hu Sanniang] (Kosanjô ni hisu) (L), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Tôsei suikoden)
「当世好男子伝」梅 「楊志ニ比ス唐犬権兵衛」三代目嵐吉三郎 「阮小二比ス団七九郎兵衛」四代目市川小団次 「小三娘比ス奴ノ小万」三代目岩井粂三郎
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), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 74.3 cm (14 3/8 × 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29736, 11.42437, 11.42436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #10 (complete); Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #48 (C only); Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), pp. 82-5, cat. nos. 73 (R), 74 (C), 75 (L)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29736 (left), 11.42437 (center), 11.42436 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.921VR (00.921, 00.922, 00.955), 11.15474 (right sheet only), 11.29736VR (11.29736, 11.42436, 11.42437)
MFA impressions: 00.921VR (00.921, 00.922, 00.955), 11.15474 (right sheet only), 11.29736VR (11.29736, 11.42436, 11.42437)
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 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未八改
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：未八改
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.