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Actor Seki Sanjûrô III as Komiyama Ittôta, from the series The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenden inu no sôshi no uchi)


「八犬傳犬の草紙之内 籠山逸藤太(こみやまいっとうた)」 三代目関三十郎
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 × 25 cm (14 5/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44545
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #70
DescriptionNo. 21 of the Left group on the title page (11.39112).

MFA impressions: 11.39134, 11.44545
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印:衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師:彫庄治
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.