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「木曽六十九駅 垂井 金蓮寺 犬塚信乃」 初代坂東しうか
Kinren-ji Temple at Tarui Station (Tarui, Kinren-ji): Actor Bandô Shûka I as Inuzuka Shino, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 垂井 金蓮寺 犬塚信乃」 初代坂東しうか
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17311
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gifu-ken Hakubutsukan, Shichidaime Danjûrô to Kunisada, Kuniyoshi (2001), #110-58
DescriptionStation 58.
Shûka appeared in this role in the 1st month of 1852.
Play: 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
In real-life history, Haruō-maru and Yasuō-maru, the young sons of the defeated warrior Ashikaga Mochiuji (1398-1439) escaped for a short time but were eventually killed at Kinren-ji Temple. In the novel Hakkenden, dramatised for the kabuki stage, Ôtsuka Shôsaku Mitsumori, the grandfather of Inuzuka Shino (born in 1460), was a faithful retainer who died with the boys.
大塚匠作三戍（おおつか しょうさく みつもり）
Shûka appeared in this role in the 1st month of 1852.
Play: 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
In real-life history, Haruō-maru and Yasuō-maru, the young sons of the defeated warrior Ashikaga Mochiuji (1398-1439) escaped for a short time but were eventually killed at Kinren-ji Temple. In the novel Hakkenden, dramatised for the kabuki stage, Ôtsuka Shôsaku Mitsumori, the grandfather of Inuzuka Shino (born in 1460), was a faithful retainer who died with the boys.
大塚匠作三戍（おおつか しょうさく みつもり）
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
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: August 3, 1911)
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.