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「忠国娘白縫（たいらただくにむすめしらぬい）」 「御曹司為朝（おんぞうしためとも）」 「肥後国武士阿蘇三郎平忠（ひごのくにものゝふあそのさぶらうたいらのたゞ）国が娘白縫と八郎冠者為朝と婚姻（こんいん）の夜（よ）女使共（こしもとども）聟君（むこぎみ）を祝（ことほ）ぎ桜の一枝をもて打たんとするを辺（ほと）りへも寄せつけず扇にて合手（もち）たる枝を一つもとゞめず打落（うちおと）す」
On the Wedding Night of Hachirô Kanja Tametomo and Shiranui, Daughter of the Warrior Aso no Saburô Taira no Tadakuni of Higo Province, the Ladies-in-Waiting Tried to Congratulate the Bridegroom by Hitting Him with Branches of Flowering Cherry, But before They Even Came Close, He Used a Fan to Knock Down All the Branches, without a Single One Touching Him (Higo no kuni mononofu Aso no Saburô Taira no Tadakuni ga musume Shiranui to Hachirô Kanja Tametomo to kon'in no yo koshimotodomo mukogimi o kotohogi sakura no hitoeda o mote utan to suru o hotori e mo yosetsukezu ôgi ni te mochitaru eda o hitotsu mo todomezu uchiotosu): Tadakuni's Daughter (Musume) Shiranui (R), Onzôshi Tametomo (C), and Ladies-in-Waiting
「忠国娘白縫（たいらただくにむすめしらぬい）」 「御曹司為朝（おんぞうしためとも）」 「肥後国武士阿蘇三郎平忠（ひごのくにものゝふあそのさぶらうたいらのたゞ）国が娘白縫と八郎冠者為朝と婚姻（こんいん）の夜（よ）女使共（こしもとども）聟君（むこぎみ）を祝（ことほ）ぎ桜の一枝をもて打たんとするを辺（ほと）りへも寄せつけず扇にて合手（もち）たる枝を一つもとゞめず打落（うちおと）す」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 69.7 cm (13 7/8 x 27 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38253a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T91
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Fusajirô (on right sheet)
改印：村
彫師：彫工松島房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Matsushima Fusajirô (on right sheet)
改印：村
彫師：彫工松島房次郎
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.