Confrontation in the Lodgings at the Foot of Mount Fuji (Fuji no susono kariya taimen): Actors Iwai Kumesaburô III as Kewaizaka no Shôshô (R), Kataoka Gadô II as Kudô Suketsune (C), and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Gorô Tokimune (L)
Utagawa Kunisato
(Japanese,
died in 1858)
died in 1858)
Kamaya Kihei
(Japanese)
Hori Sashichi
(Japanese)
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37 x 77.5 cm (14 9/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36829a-c
On View
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Collections
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.
Utagawa Kunisato
1857 (Ansei 4), 8th month
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisato
1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisato
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month