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「見立三十六句撰」 「与右衛門」三代目助高屋高助、「女房かさね」四代目尾上梅幸
Actors Suketakaya Takasuke III as Yoemon and Onoe Baikô IV as His Wife (Nyôbô) Kasane, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰」 「与右衛門」三代目助高屋高助、「女房かさね」四代目尾上梅幸
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18184
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Herwig, Vos, & Griffith, "Surprise Comparisons...," in Andon 96 (2014)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18184, 11.30005, 11.30032, 11.30084
Poem transcribed and translated in Andon 96, p. 50.
[役者配役]演博500-2232は与右衛門を<1>中村福助とする。
Poem transcribed and translated in Andon 96, p. 50.
[役者配役]演博500-2232は与右衛門を<1>中村福助とする。
Signed
Utagawa Toyokuni hitsu; Gengyo (on inset)
歌川豊国筆、玄魚
歌川豊国筆、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
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.