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「鹿間宅兵衛 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「おかる 尾上菊五郎」 （三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Shikama Takubei (R) and Onoe Kikugorô III as Okaru (L)
「鹿間宅兵衛 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「おかる 尾上菊五郎」 （三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.6 x 51.5 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40679a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1121 (R), 100-1122 (L), and 100-1120 (right sheet of triptych, not in MFA)
DescriptionTwo left sheets of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: *11.29931 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40679a-b (two left sheets only), 11.43432a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
1833、天保０４、03・03
MFA impressions: *11.29931 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40679a-b (two left sheets only), 11.43432a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Kawarazaki
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
河原崎
1833、天保０４、03・03
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.