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「八犬傳犬之草紙廼内 犬川荘助義任（いぬかわそうすけよしとう）」 四代目市川小団次
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Inukawa Sôsuke Yoshitô, from the series The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenden inu no sôshi no uchi)
「八犬傳犬之草紙廼内 犬川荘助義任（いぬかわそうすけよしとう）」 四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 × 25 cm (14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44542
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #48; Nihon no koten 16, Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (1976), p. 26
DescriptionNo. 10 of the Left group on the title page (11.39112).
MFA impressions: 11.39123, 11.44542
MFA impressions: 11.39123, 11.44542
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：彫竹
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.