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Notorious Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi uwasa Benkei): Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Tsurigane no Oichi (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III as Gojô no Otano (CR), Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Oniwaka no Omura (C), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Nanatsudôgu no Ofuku (CL), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ataka no Ogon (L)


「縞揃噂弁慶 釣鐘ノお市」三代目市川市蔵 「縞揃噂ノ弁慶 五条ノお田の」三代目沢村田之助 「縞揃噂ノ弁慶 鬼若ノおむら」十三代目市村羽左衛門 「縞揃噂ノ弁慶 七つ道具ノお福」初代中村福助 「縞揃噂ノ弁慶 安宅ノおごん」初代河原崎権十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 37 x 124.4 cm (14 9/16 x 49 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42158a-e
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni makase Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
任好豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申五改
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.