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「早の勘平 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「おかる 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「堀部弥次兵衛 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Hayano Kanpei (R), Onoe Kikugorô III as Okaru (C), and Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Horibe Yajibei (L)
「早の勘平 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「おかる 尾上菊五郎」（三代目） 「堀部弥次兵衛 市村羽左衛門」（十二代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 71 cm (14 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38515a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-537 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28772-4, 11.38515a-c
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵
市村
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵
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.