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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Okaru and Bandô Hikosaburô V as Hayano Kanpei, in Act VI, from an untitled series of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


忠臣蔵 「六段目」 「おかる 沢村田之助」(三代目)、「早のかん平 坂東彦三郎」(五代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Horikô Ko-Kin (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.9 cm (14 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.780
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: 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
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ko-Kin
改印:戌三改
彫師:彫工小金
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)