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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô IV as Fuwa Katsuemon in Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura)


「長谷川一世一代忠臣蔵十一段大道具大仕掛ノ内」「不波勝右衛門 坂東三津五郎」(四代目)「第十一段目」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Takeuchi Magohachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1835 (Tenpô 6), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39379
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

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 Kunisada ga (on lantern at bottom)
国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame (combined with publisher's mark)
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.