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Actors Nakamura Kôzô I(?) as Mitôshi hôin, Nakayama Bungorô II as Farmer (Hyakushô) Ganbei, Nakamura Kantarô I as Sakaya Kanroku (R), Nakamura Kan'emon I as Courier (Hikyaku) Kanbei, Matsumoto Sumigorô I(?) as Farmer (Hyakushô) Junsaku, and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Teraoka Heiemon (L)


「見とうし法印」初代中村鴻蔵ヵ、「百性眼兵衛」二代目中山文五郎、「酒屋かん六」初代中村翫太郎  「ひきやく勘兵衛」初代中村翫右衛門、「百性純作」初代松本純五郎ヵ、「寺岡平右衛門」八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.5 x 50.1 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43789a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
市村
1851、嘉永04、02・24
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.