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翫雀追善はなしとり（かんじゃくついぜんはなしどり） 「元祖中村歌右衛門」（初代中村歌右衛門の清玄）、「二代目中村歌右衛門」 （二代目中村歌右衛門の不破伴作）
Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Seigen and Nakamura Utaemon II as Fuwa Bansaku, from the book Kanjaku tsuizen hanashidori
翫雀追善はなしとり（かんじゃくついぜんはなしどり） 「元祖中村歌右衛門」（初代中村歌右衛門の清玄）、「二代目中村歌右衛門」 （二代目中村歌右衛門の不破伴作）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 18.6 x 12.8 cm (7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45532
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ritsumeikan db AcNo. 5723-C026(01) (color); Hiraki Ukiyo-e Museum, Japanese Picture Books from Ravicz Collection (1994), #188 (color)
DescriptionA full-color version is in the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library, no. 5723-C026(01), together with a companion sheet showing Utaemon III and Utaemon IV, no. 5723-C026(02). The book from which these illustrations were taken, Kanjaku tsuizen hanashidori, was produced as a memorial to the actor Nakamura Utaemon IV (poetry name Kanjaku), who died of a sudden illness in the 2nd month of 1852. It included illustrations by Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Torii Kiyomitsu II, Shibata Zeshin, Yamagata Soshin, and others.
Signed
Kozu o utsushite Toyokuni ga
故図をうつして豊国画
故図をうつして豊国画
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.
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.