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通天橋 「こし元」 「足利義政公」四代目坂東彦三郎、「浅倉当吾」四代目市川小団次
The Tsûten Bridge Scene: Unidentified Actors as Ladies-in-Waiting (Koshimoto) (R), and Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Ashikaga Yoshimasa kô and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura Tôgô (L)
通天橋 「こし元」 「足利義政公」四代目坂東彦三郎、「浅倉当吾」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 40.2 x 56 cm (15 13/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38134-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kuniyoshi Project db (complete triptych, color)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.38134 (left), 11.38135 (right)
The right sheet is a proof taken before the block was completely carved; the left sheet appears to have been printed from a finished block.
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
The right sheet is a proof taken before the block was completely carved; the left sheet appears to have been printed from a finished block.
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
(right sheet has shita-uri only; name seals not yet carved)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
彫師：なし
(right sheet has shita-uri only; name seals not yet carved)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.
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.