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「木曽六十九駅 小田井 かいなヶ原 瀬尾十郎」 初代片岡市蔵ヵ
Kainagahara at Odai Station (Odai, Kainagahara): Actor Kataoka Ichizô I (?) as Senoo Jûrô, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 小田井 かいなヶ原 瀬尾十郎」 初代片岡市蔵ヵ
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17321
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionStation 22.
The character's full name is Senoo Jûrô Kaneuji; he is a warrior of the Heike clan and one of the villains in this play, sent to kill a child of the rival Genji clan.
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Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki, Act III
The character's full name is Senoo Jûrô Kaneuji; he is a warrior of the Heike clan and one of the villains in this play, sent to kill a child of the rival Genji clan.
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Play: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki, Act III
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11, shita-uri
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一、シタ売
彫師：彫千之助
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：米良、渡辺、子十一、シタ売
彫師：彫千之助
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.