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(Unidentified child actor as) Inue Shinbei Masashi, One of the Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi hakkenshi no uchi Inue Shinbei Masashi), with (Bandô Shûka I as) Fuse-hime, from the series Satomi Hakkenden


「里見八犬伝 里見八犬士のうち 犬江しん兵衛まさし 伏姫」 初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Chûsuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38132
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田
彫師: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.