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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Yamanaya Urazato and Bandô Kichiya as Katsumi


「山名屋浦里」初代坂東しうか、「かつみ」坂東吉弥
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40776
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Akegarasu Hana ni Nureginu
Play (main feature): Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
明烏花濡衣(あけがらすはなにぬれぎぬ) 常磐津、富本、長唄
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村、二番目大切
1851、嘉永04、02・24
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Mino
改印:福、村松
彫師:彫工巳之
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.