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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Kakogawa Honzô (R) and Osagawa Tsuneyo IV as Yuranosuke's Wife (Nyôbô) Oishi (L)


「加古川本蔵 関三十郎」(二代目)  「由良の助女房お石 小佐川常世」 (四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 51 cm (14 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40711a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村
1833、天保04、08・16
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Unidentified publisher's mark.
改印:極
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.