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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kasugaya Tokijirô, Actually (Jitsu wa) Satô Yomoshichi, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Midori, and Bandô Kichiya as Katsumi (R), and Bandô Shûka I as Yamanaya Urazato (L)


「かすがや時次郎 実ハ佐藤与茂七」八代目市川団十郎, 「みどり」十三代目市村羽左衛門、「かつみ」坂東吉弥  「山名屋浦里」初代坂東しうか
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 49.5 cm (13 7/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38349a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Akegarasu Hana ni Nureginu
Play (main feature): Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
明烏花濡衣(あけがらすはなにぬれぎぬ) 常磐津、富本、長唄
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村、二番目大切
1851、嘉永04、02・24
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.