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三代目尾上菊五郎の名古屋山三 六代目岩井半四郎 五代目市川海老蔵の不破伴左衛門
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Nagoya Sanza (R), Iwai Hanshirô VI (C), and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Fuwa Banzaemon (L)
三代目尾上菊五郎の名古屋山三 六代目岩井半四郎 五代目市川海老蔵の不破伴左衛門
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban triptych; 21 x 55.8 cm (8 1/4 x 21 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26064-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #42 (complete); Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #82 (C and L only); Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 154, pl. 41 (L only); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 319 (C only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26064-6
MFA impressions: 00.1950 (left sheet only), 00.1951 (right sheet only), 11.26064-6
Poem on C sheet translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 142; poem on L sheet translated in Keyes 1984, p. 104.
MFA impressions: 00.1950 (left sheet only), 00.1951 (right sheet only), 11.26064-6
Poem on C sheet translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, p. 142; poem on L sheet translated in Keyes 1984, p. 104.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
InscriptionsCenter sheet: Poem by Edo no Hananari: Kaze no te mo/ toketaru yuki no/ shirabyôshi/ ume no egao ni/ aoyagi no koshi
Left sheet: Poem by Ryûkaen: Issun mo/ tosanu fû no/ sabakiyaku/ sakura wa haru no/ hana no zagashira
Left sheet: Poem by Ryûkaen: Issun mo/ tosanu fû no/ sabakiyaku/ sakura wa haru no/ hana no zagashira
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.