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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 五段目」 「斧定九郎 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「与一兵衛 市川米十郎」（二代目）
Act V (Dai godanme): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V as Ono Sadakurô and Ichikawa Yonejûrô II as Yoichibei, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 五段目」 「斧定九郎 坂東彦三郎」（五代目）、「与一兵衛 市川米十郎」（二代目）
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36810
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #44
Signed
Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌六改
彫師：太田彫駒
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌六改
彫師：太田彫駒
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.