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「木曽六十九駅 板橋 戸田川 網干左母次郎」 三代目嵐吉三郎
The Toda River at Itabashi Stgation (Itabashi, Todagawa): Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as Aboshi Samojirô, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)
「木曽六十九駅 板橋 戸田川 網干左母次郎」 三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yawataya Sakujirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.5 cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42720
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionStation 02.
Samojirô is one of the villains of the bestselling fantasy-adventure novel Hakkenden (The Eight Dog Heroes), parts of which were dramatized for the kabuki stage. It is he who steals the precious sword Murasame and kidnaps the heroine Hamaji, who is the sweetheart of Inuzuka Shino, one of the eight heroes.
Arashi Kichisaburô III had played the part earlier in the same year the print was published:
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Ichimura
Date of production: 1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month
里見八犬伝（さとみはっけんでん）
市村
Samojirô is one of the villains of the bestselling fantasy-adventure novel Hakkenden (The Eight Dog Heroes), parts of which were dramatized for the kabuki stage. It is he who steals the precious sword Murasame and kidnaps the heroine Hamaji, who is the sweetheart of Inuzuka Shino, one of the eight heroes.
Arashi Kichisaburô III had played the part earlier in the same year the print was published:
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Ichimura
Date of production: 1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month
里見八犬伝（さとみはっけんでん）
市村
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：彫多吉
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.