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「御座敷女狂言」「風流六花撰ノ内 造り花」
Artificial Flowers (Tsukuribana): A Private Performance of Women's Kabuki (On-zashiki onna kyôgen), from the series Six Fashionable Floral Selections (Fûryû rokkasen no uchi)
「御座敷女狂言」「風流六花撰ノ内 造り花」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836–42 (late Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 77.3 cm (14 1/16 x 30 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40625a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionA performance of the play Yoshitsune Senbonzakura.
座敷舞台で女狂言「義経千本桜」道行初音旅を上演している場面を描く。
座敷舞台で女狂言「義経千本桜」道行初音旅を上演している場面を描く。
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「立川梅子丈」
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.