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Actors Mimasu Daigorô IV as Honda Dainaiki (R) and Nakamura Utaemon IV as Karaki Masaemon (L), from the series Lives of Renowned Swordfighters (Kenjutsu meiyo den)


「剣法名誉伝 誉田大内記」 四代目三枡大五郎  「剣法名誉伝 唐木政右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Hasegawa Sadanobu I (Japanese, 1809–1879)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36458a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 105
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Homare no Sukedachi
Theater: Naka
けいせい誉両刀(けいせいほまれのすけだち)

Signed Sadanobu (on each sheet)
貞信
Marks No publisher's mark
版元: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: January 19, 2005)

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.