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「五十三次の内 赤坂 三十」 「政右衛門 彦三郎」（五代目坂東彦三郎）、「助平 薪左衛門」（坂東薪左衛門）
Akasaka: Actors Hikosaburô (Bandô Hikosaburô V) as Masaemon and Shinzaemon (Bandô Shinzaemon) as Sukebei, No. 30 from the series Fifty-three Stations [of the Tôkaidô] (Gojûsan tsugi no uchii)
「五十三次の内 赤坂 三十」 「政右衛門 彦三郎」（五代目坂東彦三郎）、「助平 薪左衛門」（坂東薪左衛門）
Japanese
Meiji era
1871 (Meiji 4), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17.3 × 11.2 cm (6 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45800.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未七改
彫師：なし
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.