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仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき 「[第]十一段目」「大星力弥 千崎弥五郎 高ノ師直 原郷右衛門」 四代目 尾上菊五郎の女房おその、二代目片岡我当の大星力弥、4.5代目尾上梅幸の千崎弥五郎、八代目片岡仁左衛門の高ノ師直
Act XI: Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Osono, Kataoka Gatô II as Ôboshi Rikiya, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Senzaki Yagorô, and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kô no Moronao, from the series Twelve Continuous Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura jûnidan tsuzuki)
仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき 「[第]十一段目」「大星力弥 千崎弥五郎 高ノ師直 原郷右衛門」 四代目 尾上菊五郎の女房おその、二代目片岡我当の大星力弥、4.5代目尾上梅幸の千崎弥五郎、八代目片岡仁左衛門の高ノ師直
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22484
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1005; also 100-1004 (right sheet of triptych) and 100-1006 (left sheet of triptych)
DescriptionCenter sheet of an incomplete triptych showing Acts X, Xi, and XII.
From a set of twelve sheets that link together as four triptychs.
The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
Play: 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
1860（万延０１）、04･15
From a set of twelve sheets that link together as four triptychs.
The actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.
Play: 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
1860（万延０１）、04･15
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申七改
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.