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「瀬喜口弥太郎」、「不破伴作」 「吉岡兼房」、「奈古谷三左衛門」
Sekiguchi Yatarô and Fuwa Bansaku (R); Yoshioka Kanefusa and Nagoya Sanzaemon (L)
「瀬喜口弥太郎」、「不破伴作」 「吉岡兼房」、「奈古谷三左衛門」
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.6 × 48.8 cm (14 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41320, 11.41324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych?): 11.41320 (right), 11.41324 (left)
2009.4992.5a-c is a theatrical version of a very similar scene, but the faces and some of the character names are different.
2009.4992.5a-c is a theatrical version of a very similar scene, but the faces and some of the character names are different.
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
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.