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「おいし 沢村田之助」（二代目）
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II as Oishi
「おいし 沢村田之助」（二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 × 23.7 cm (14 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22515
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-0723 (R only)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.22360-1, 11.22515 (right sheet only)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura, Act IX
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）、九段目、山科閑居
中村
MFA impressions: 11.22360-1, 11.22515 (right sheet only)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura, Act IX
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）、九段目、山科閑居
中村
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Igaya Kan'emon
改印：極、伊賀
改印：極、伊賀
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.