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Because of His Loyalty, Ishii's Retainer Nakano Tôbei Is Attacked at the Ôi River by the Enemy He Was Stalking (Ishii no kerai Nakano Tôbei chûgi no tame ni Ôikawa ni te kaeriuchi ni au zu): Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Dozaemon Denkichi (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Nakano Tôbei (C), and Sawamura Sôjûrô V (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (L)


「土左衛門伝吉」三代目尾上菊五郎  「石井の家来中野藤兵衛 忠義のために大井川にて返討にあふ図」「中野藤兵衛」十二代目市村羽左衛門  「寺西閑心」五代目沢村宗十郎ヵ
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 73 cm (14 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38502a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 100-6472 (R), 100-6474 (C), 100-6473 (L) (dated 1854.7); Kuniyoshi Project db
DescriptionPlay: Onoe Kikugorô Ichidai Banashi
Theater: Ichimura
尾上梅寿一代噺(おのえきくごろういちだいばなし)
市村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
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.