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Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as the Rônin Samojirô (R), Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Inuyama Dôsetsu, Onoe Kikujirô II as Hikiroku's Daughter (Musume) Hamaji (C), and Seki Sanjûrô III as Shimobe Gakuzô (L)


「浪人左母次郎」三代目嵐吉三郎 「犬山道節」五代目沢村長十郎、「蟇六娘浜路」二代目尾上菊次郎 「下部額蔵」三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 73.9 cm (14 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44044a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Ichimura
里見八犬伝(さとみはっけんでん)
市村
1852、嘉永05、01・29
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.