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Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka and an unidentified actor as Constable (Torite) Chiyo Hinai


「犬塚信乃戌孝」初代中村福助、「取手千代飛内」
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.4 cm (14 7/16 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38768
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 008-0080
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake intercalary 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳壬五
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.