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「見立三十六句撰 八郎ためとも」 五代目坂東彦三郎ヵ、三代目岩井粂三郎ヵの簓江
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V (?) as Hachirô Tametomo and Iwai Kumesaburô III (?) as Sasarae, from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjûrokku sen)
「見立三十六句撰 八郎ためとも」 五代目坂東彦三郎ヵ、三代目岩井粂三郎ヵの簓江
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
1856 (Ansei 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 24 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30043
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Haubner, Die Macht des Bogens (2014), p. 83; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #27
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25084, 11.30043, 11.30065
Signed
Utagawa Toyokuni ga; Gengyo (on inset)
歌川豊国画、玄魚
歌川豊国画、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十一
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.