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Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Inusaka Keno, from the series The Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi hakkenshi no uchi)


「里見八犬士之内 犬坂毛野」 三代目沢村田之助
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 × 24.6 cm (14 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40593
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #174
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Tatekawa Hori Hatsu (?)
改印:丑十二改
彫師:竪川彫初
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.