Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as a Tea Vendor (Senjicha-uri) (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as the Charm Seller (Mando-uri) Hariko no Fuezô (C), and Segawa Kikunojô V as the Onnadate Onui (L)


「せんじ茶うり 関三十郎」(二代目)  「万度うり張子の笛蔵 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)  「女達おぬい 瀬川菊之丞」(二代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75 cm (14 9/16 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43014a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Gohiiki Tsuwamono no Majiwari
Theater: Ichimura
御贔屓竹馬友達(ごひいきつわもののまじわり)
市村
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.