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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大星力弥」 三代目沢村田之助
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ôboshi Rikiya, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大星力弥」 三代目沢村田之助
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), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25 cm (14 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43623
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29926, 11.43623
Play: 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
Play: 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
Signed
Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche; Gengyo (background)
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚竹景
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)、玄魚竹景
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：戌六改
彫師：横川彫岩
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Iwa
改印：戌六改
彫師：横川彫岩
InscriptionsPoem
「あさ露をはなれかねたり蝶ふたつ 曙山」
「あさ露をはなれかねたり蝶ふたつ 曙山」
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.