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夕立雨やどりの図 「猿廻シおあさ」三代目嵐璃寛、「けいしやこま吉」初代中村福助、「井筒屋伝兵衛」初代坂東竹三郎 「吉田松若」初代坂東しうか、「かみなり」四代目市川小団次、「侍女おかる」三代目岩井粂三郎
Taking Shelter from the Rain in a Sudden Shower (Yûdachi amayadori no zu): Actors Arashi Rikan III as Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi) Oasa, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Geisha Komakichi, Bandô Takesaburô I as Izutsuya Denbei (R, actually C of the triptych), Bandô Shûka I as Yoshida Matsuwaka, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as a Thunder God (Kaminari), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Jijo Okaru (L)
夕立雨やどりの図 「猿廻シおあさ」三代目嵐璃寛、「けいしやこま吉」初代中村福助、「井筒屋伝兵衛」初代坂東竹三郎 「吉田松若」初代坂東しうか、「かみなり」四代目市川小団次、「侍女おかる」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.9 x 50.7 cm (14 1/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16430-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.16430, 11.16431
MFA impressions: 11.16430-1 (two left sheets), 11.44155a-c (complete triptych)
Imaginary scene (mitate) based on roles played by the actors in 1853-54.
Title on the missing right sheet.
見立
役名と配役は嘉永6年・7年に上演された芝居の中から選ばれている。
MFA impressions: 11.16430-1 (two left sheets), 11.44155a-c (complete triptych)
Imaginary scene (mitate) based on roles played by the actors in 1853-54.
Title on the missing right sheet.
見立
役名と配役は嘉永6年・7年に上演された芝居の中から選ばれている。
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 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、寅五
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、寅五
彫師：彫庄治
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.