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Act II (Nidanme): Actors Ichikawa Kuzô II as Kakogawa Honzô and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Momonoi Wakasanosuke, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


「忠臣蔵 二段目」「加古川本蔵」二代目市川九蔵、「桃ノ井若狭之介」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.9 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16393
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
1851、嘉永04、02・24
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.