Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Iwafuji


岩藤 五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40384
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sano Keizu Soga no Gosho-zome
Theater: Nakamura
佐埜譜曽我館染(さのけいずそがのごしょぞめ)
中村
1862、文久02、01・14

役名は衣装の模様から判断。『続々歌舞伎年代記』では、<5>坂東彦三郎は尾上役。番付要確認。
Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印:戌正改
彫師:横川彫岩
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.