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「里見八犬士之一人 犬塚信乃戌孝」 二代目嵐璃寛 「里見八犬士之一人 犬飼見八信道」 三代目中村歌右衛門
Actors Arashi Rikan II as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka (R) and Nakamura Utaeon III as Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi (L), from the series Eight Dog Heroes of the Satomi Clan (Satomi-ke hakkenshi no hitori)
「里見八犬士之一人 犬塚信乃戌孝」 二代目嵐璃寛 「里見八犬士之一人 犬飼見八信道」 三代目中村歌右衛門
Ryûsai Shigeharu (Japanese, 1803–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.3 x 51 cm (14 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39500a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #187; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 100; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #168; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #326, and pl. 51
Description見立
Signed
Ryûsai Shigeharu ga (on each sheet)
柳斎重春画
柳斎重春画
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.