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Actors Bando Shûka I as Inuzuka Shino, Seki Sanjûrô III as Inukai Genpachi, Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Konaya Bungobei (R), and Arashi Kichisaburo III as Inuta Kobungo (L)


「犬塚信乃」初代坂東しうか、「犬飼現八」三代目関三十郎、「こなや文吾兵衛」四代目大谷友右衛門  「犬田小文吾」三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 49.6 cm (14 1/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38387a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #110
DescriptionPlay: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Ichimura
里見八犬伝(さとみはっけんでん)
市村
1852、嘉永05、01・29
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.