Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Inue Shinbei (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Motofuji (L), from the series Actors Imagined as the Eight Dog Heroes (Mitate haiyû hakkenshi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Inue Shinbei (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Motofuji (L), from the series Actors Imagined as the Eight Dog Heroes (Mitate haiyû hakkenshi)

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Inue Shinbei (R) and Arashi Kichisaburô III as Motofuji (L), from the series Actors Imagined as the Eight Dog Heroes (Mitate haiyû hakkenshi)

「俳優八犬士」　「犬江親兵衛　市川団十郎」（八代目）　　「俳優八犬士」　「素藤　嵐吉三郎」（三代目）

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 34.8 x 46.9 cm (13 11/16 x 18 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.38088a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné British Museum db 2008,3037.12601

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.