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Actors Bandô Shûka I as Naishi, actually the Fox Chieda (Chieda-gitsune), Ichikawa Kuzô II as Gorômata, actually the Fox Tsukamoto (Tsukamoto-gitsune) (R), Arashi Kichisaburô III as Yamakaze Kanroku, and Ichikawa Komazô VII as Kusunoki Masanori (L)


「内侍実ハ千枝狐」初代坂東しうか、「五郎又実ハ塚本狐」二代目市川九蔵  「山風勘六」三代目嵐吉三郎、「楠正儀」七代目市川高麗蔵
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hon'ya Naoshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 x 50 cm (14 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43923a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Go Taiheiki Date no Masugata
Theater: Nakamura
碁太平記達升形(ごたいへいきだてのますがた)
中村
1850、嘉永03
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
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.