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「里見八犬士之内 犬田小文吾」 四代目中村芝翫
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Inuta Kobungo, from the series The Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi hakkenshi no uchi)
「里見八犬士之内 犬田小文吾」 四代目中村芝翫
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tatekawa Hatsue (Hori Hatsu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tatekawa Hatsue (Hori Hatsu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 24.5 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #178
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Tatekawa Hori Hatsu
改印：寅八改
彫師：竪川彫初
Blockcutter's mark: Tatekawa Hori Hatsu
改印：寅八改
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.
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.