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No. 24 (Actors Sawamura Tanosuke II as Okaru and Seki Sanjûrô II as Ôboshi Yuranosuke), from the series The Life of Ôboshi the Loyal (Seichû Ôboshi ichidai banashi)


「誠忠大星一代話」 二十四 二代目沢村田之助のおかると二代目関三十郎大星由良之助
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22083
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22083, 11.36779.25, 11.42844

Neither the publisher's mark nor the number within the series appear on any of these impressions.
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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: 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.