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Actor Bandô Shûka I as Inusaka Keno, from the series The Lives of Eight Brave and Loyal Dog Heroes (Giyû hakken den)


「義勇八犬伝 犬坂毛乃」 初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Shimizuya (3) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 24.4 cm (13 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38029
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #153
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:福、村松
彫師:彫竹
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.