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「かほよ 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actor Iwai Hanshirô VI as Kaoyo
「かほよ 岩井半四郎」（六代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29931
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: *11.29931 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40679a-b (two left sheets only), 11.43432a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
1833、天保０４、03・09
MFA impressions: *11.29931 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40679a-b (two left sheets only), 11.43432a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
1833、天保０４、03・09
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.