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「今様押絵鏡 梅の由兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ume no Yoshibei, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
「今様押絵鏡 梅の由兵衛」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, creped; 22.0 x 15.9 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.11.5764.18
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #29.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.802, RES.11.5764.18
Play (second feature): Tsui no Meoto Naka mo Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
Album: RES.11.5764.1 to .20
対梅松契由兵衛（ついのめおとなかもよしべえ）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Play (second feature): Tsui no Meoto Naka mo Yoshibei
Play (main feature): Imoseyama Onna Teikin
Theater: Nakamura
Album: RES.11.5764.1 to .20
対梅松契由兵衛（ついのめおとなかもよしべえ）
妹背山婦女庭訓（いもせやまおんなていきん）
中村、二番目
1859、安政０６
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「梅の由兵衛役をつとむるとて いさきよく絹引さくや恵比寿講 八代目我童」
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.