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三代目尾上菊五郎の名古屋山三 二代目岩井粂三郎の傾城かつらぎ 七代目市川団十郎の不波伴左衛門
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Nagoya Sanza (R), Iwai Kumesaburô II as the Courtesan Katsuragi (C), and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Fuwa Banzaemon (L)
三代目尾上菊五郎の名古屋山三 二代目岩井粂三郎の傾城かつらぎ 七代目市川団十郎の不波伴左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban triptych; 21 x 55.1 cm (8 1/4 x 21 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26726-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 145, pl. 38 (left sheet only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.26726 (center), 11.26727 (right), 11.26728 (left)
Play: Ôichiza Soga no Shimadai
Theater: Kawarazaki
Poem on L sheet translated in Keyes 1984, p. 98.
群曽我島台（おおいちざそがのしまだい）
河原崎
Play: Ôichiza Soga no Shimadai
Theater: Kawarazaki
Poem on L sheet translated in Keyes 1984, p. 98.
群曽我島台（おおいちざそがのしまだい）
河原崎
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûôtei Hananari (L): Tsuki no kao/ mimasugoshi ni/ yoru yoru mo/ tamoto ni tsukete/ kayou umegaka
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.