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「勘平妻かる」四代目尾上梅幸 「大星ゆら之助」五代目沢村長十郎 「大星力弥」三代目岩井粂三郎
Actors Onoe Baikô IV as Kanpei's Wife (Tsuma) Karu (R), Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Ôboshi Yuranosuke (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Ôboshi Rikiya (L)
「勘平妻かる」四代目尾上梅幸 「大星ゆら之助」五代目沢村長十郎 「大星力弥」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.7 cm (14 x 28 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44015a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
1849、嘉永０２、07・11
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
1849、嘉永０２、07・11
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.