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「不波勝右衛門」 三代目尾上菊五郎 「早野勘平」 五代目市川海老蔵
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Fuwa Katsuemon (R) and Ichikawa Ebizô V as Hayano Kanpei (L)
「不波勝右衛門」 三代目尾上菊五郎 「早野勘平」 五代目市川海老蔵
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 50.7 cm (14 3/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38263a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-538 (triptych, no photo)
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete triptych. The missing left sheet showed Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Horibe Yajibei.
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵 （かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
市村
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵 （かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
市村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.