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Distant View of the Chichibu Mountains ot Ômiya Station (Ômiya, Chichibusan enkei): (Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as) Hatakeyama Shigetada, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû eki)


「木曽六十九駅 大宮 秩父山遠景 畠山重忠」 三代目坂東三津五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiya Yasubei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (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 24.8 cm (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42721
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionStation 05.

The kabuki character based on the real-life warrior Hatakeyama Shigetada (1164-1205) is also known as Chichibu no Shôji; hence the connection to the Chichibu mountains.

Bandô Mitsugorô III (1775-1831) played the part in 1814 (Bunka 11), 9th month:
Play (grand finale): Dan-no-ura Kabuto Gunki
Play (main feature): Hachijin Shugo no Honjô
Theater: Nakamura
壇浦兜軍記(だんのうらかぶとぐんき)
八陣守護城(はちじんしゅごのほんじょう)
中村、大切
1814、文化11、09・09
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印:福、村松、子十
彫師:彫庄治郎
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.