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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大序」 「高の師直 坂東亀蔵」（初代）、「桃ノ井若狭之介 片岡仁左衛門」(八代目）
Act I (Daijo): Actors Bandô Kamezô I as Kô no Moronao and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Momonoi Wakasanosuke, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 大序」 「高の師直 坂東亀蔵」（初代）、「桃ノ井若狭之介 片岡仁左衛門」(八代目）
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36806
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #10
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌三改
彫師：太田彫駒
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌三改
彫師：太田彫駒
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.
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.