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Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Hangan Takasada


「判官高貞 沢村訥升」(二代目)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.1 cm (13 15/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37606
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
中村
Signed Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga
一魁斎芳年画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印:戌三改
彫師:なし
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.