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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 早野勘平」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Actor Bandô Hikosaburô V as Hayano Kanpei, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 早野勘平」 五代目坂東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Other artist: Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
Publisher: Maruya Tokuzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban 37.3 x 26 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22048
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
Signed
Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Gengyo (background)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：戌二改
彫師：横川彫岩
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：戌二改
彫師：横川彫岩
InscriptionsPoem.
「はらわたをしほるや飴に啼く蛙 薪水」
「はらわたをしほるや飴に啼く蛙 薪水」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.