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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 第九段目」 「大星力弥 沢村田之助」（三代目）、「加古川本蔵 坂東亀蔵」（初代）
Act IX (Dai kudanme): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Ôboshi Rikiya and Bandô Kamezô I as Kakogawa Honzô, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 第九段目」 「大星力弥 沢村田之助」（三代目）、「加古川本蔵 坂東亀蔵」（初代）
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), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 24.3 cm (14 1/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36814
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #66
Signed
Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌六改
彫師：太田彫駒
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Koma
改印：戌六改
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.