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Actors Ichikawa Sumizô III as Sadakurô (R) and Sawamura Tosshô I as Kanpei (L)


「定九郎市川 市川寿美蔵」(三代目)  「勘平 澤村訥升」(初代)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ôtaya Sakichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 52.3 cm (14 15/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38454a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Morita
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
森田
1835、天保06、08・06
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.