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Actors Ichimura Kakitsu IV as Okaru (R), Ichikawa Danzô VI as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (C), and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as both Ono Kudayû and Teraoka Heiemon (L)


「おかる 市村家橘」(四代目)  「大星由良之助 市川団蔵」(六代目) 「小野九太夫・寺岡平右衛門 市川小団次」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Iseya Tetsujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.3 cm (14 5/8 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.917a-c
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
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 10 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Koizumi Hori Kane (on right sheet), Horikô Kane (on center sheet), Hori Kane (on left sheet)
改印:亥十改
彫師:小泉彫兼、彫工兼、彫兼
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)