Advanced Search 
「八犬傳犬のさうしの内 毒婦舩虫（どくふふなむし）」 五代目瀬川路考
Actor Segawa Rokô V as the Evil Woman (Dokufu) Funamushi, from the series The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenden inu no sôshi no uchi)
「八犬傳犬のさうしの内 毒婦舩虫（どくふふなむし）」 五代目瀬川路考
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 24.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #63; Zusetsu Nihon no koten 19, Kyokutei Bakin (1980), fig. 79; Nihon no koten 16, Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (1976), p. 134
DescriptionNo. 17 of the Right group on the title page (11.39112).
MFA impressions: 11.39154, 11.44519, 11.44520
MFA impressions: 11.39154, 11.44519, 11.44520
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫千之助
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫千之助
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.