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Actors Ichikawa Kuzô III as Hachimantarô Yoshiie (inset), Nakamura Shikan IV as Abe no Munetô (R), Ôtani Tomoemon V as Sodehagi, and Bandô Matsujirô as the Daughter (Musume) Okimi (L)


「八幡太郎義家 市川九蔵」(三代目)、「安部宗任 中村芝翫」(四代目)  「袖はぎ 大谷友右衛門」(五代目)、「娘おきみ 坂東松次郎」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 48 cm (14 3/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41646a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi (on right sheet)
改印:丑八改
彫師:彫工多七
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.