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「英雄見立三国志」「剣山」 「秀の山」 「小柳」
Parody of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms (Eiyû mitate sangokushi): Sumô Wrestlers Tsurugiyama (R), Hidenoyama (C), and Koyanagi (L)
「英雄見立三国志」「剣山」 「秀の山」 「小柳」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban triptych; 25.3 x 54.5 cm (9 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.2a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.541.2a-c, 2009.4991.156 (left sheet only)
See 11.39545a-c for an earlier print of the same subject in ôban size, with different wrestlers.
See 11.39545a-c for an earlier print of the same subject in ôban size, with different wrestlers.
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Hanmoto no konomi ni makasete Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on center and left sheets)
国貞改二代豊国画
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：田中
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：田中
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)