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Matchmaking at the Grand Shrine of Izumo (Taisha en-musubi zu)


「大社縁結図」 右 「木花開那姫命」二代目尾上菊次郎、「伊奘冊尊」四代目尾上梅幸、「伊奘諾尊」五代目沢村長十郎、「一目連」二代目中山文五郎、「思兼命」初代嵐冠五郎、「客人権現」三代目浅尾奥山、「少彦名命」初代中村翫太郎、「秋葉大権現」初代市川猿蔵、「猿田彦大神」五代目市川海老蔵、「中筒男」初代市川広五郎、「春日大明神」初代片岡十蔵ヵ 中 「日本武尊」初代坂東竹三郎、「市杵島姫命」三代目藤川友吉、「天照大神」八代目市川団十郎、「大国主命」四代目市川小団次、「国常立尊」十一代目森田勘弥、「宇須女命」三代目岩井粂三郎、「素盞烏命」七代目市川高麗蔵、「八☆大蛇」初代坂東佐十郎、「蛭子神」二代目市川九蔵 左 「金山彦命」三代目関三十郎、「神武天皇」四代目坂東彦三郎、「神童」?、「香取明神」三代目尾上新七、「三宝荒神」二代目沢村宇十郎、「鹿島明神」三代目嵐璃寛ヵ、「稲荷明神」初代坂東しうか、「太王命」初代中山市蔵ヵ、「中臣神」三代目嵐音八、「正八幡宮」三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.7 cm (14 x 28 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45366a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29105-7, 11.44056a-c, 11.45366a-c
役者を諸神に見立てたもの。天照大神が持つ「縁結人名帳」に「辛亥嘉永四年十月吉日」とあり。
Signed Toyokuni ga (on right and center sheets), Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on left sheet)
豊国画 応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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: 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.