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Actors Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Ishidô Umanojô (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as En'ya Hangan, and Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (L)


「石堂右馬之丞」4.5代目尾上梅幸  「塩谷判官」初代中村福助、「大星由良之助」八代目片岡仁左衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50.7 cm (14 3/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40883a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe actor later known as Jitsukawa Enjaku I used the name Onoe Baikô from 1/1859 to 2/1863 but is not considered a formal member of the lineage; he falls between the official Baikô IV and Baikô V.

Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
中村
1860(万延01)、04・15
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申六改
彫師:なし
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.