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No. 2 (Actors Ôtani Hiroji III as Ôboshi Yuranosuke and Sakata Hangorô II as Ishii Genzô), from the series The Life of Ôboshi the Loyal (Seichû Ôboshi ichidai banashi)


「誠忠大星一代話 二」 三代目大谷広次の大星由良之助、二代目坂田半五郎の石井源蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Miyakozawa
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 24.9 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29639
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22050, 11.29639, 11.29676, 11.36779.3
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
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.