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「八犬士英名鏡」 「山林房八」四代目坂東彦三郎、「女房おぬい」四代目尾上梅幸 「犬田小文吾俤順」案代目嵐吉三郎、「犬江親兵衛仁」初代沢村由次郎
Actors Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Yamabayashi Fusahachi, Onoe Baikô IV as Wife (Nyôbô) Onui (R), Arashi Kichisaburô III as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori, and Sawamura Yoshijirô I as Inue Shinbei Masashi (L), from the series Mirror of Valor of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenshi eimei kagami)
「八犬士英名鏡」 「山林房八」四代目坂東彦三郎、「女房おぬい」四代目尾上梅幸 「犬田小文吾俤順」案代目嵐吉三郎、「犬江親兵衛仁」初代沢村由次郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 x 49.1 cm (13 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43870a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #165
DescriptionImaginary performance (mitate).
見立
見立
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅十二
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.
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.