Actors Arashi Sangorô I as Minamoto no Yoshiie, Arashi Sangorô II as the Spirit of a Mandarin Duck (Oshidori no sei), and Arashi Sangorô III as Fox Genkurô (Genkurô-gitsune), from the series Complete Compendium of Portraits of Actors Old and New (Kokon haiyû nigao taizen)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
(Japanese, 1786–1864)
Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô)
(Japanese)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 10th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.1 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.45392.90
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
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 Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
