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「八犬傳犬之艸紙廼内 里見勇臣森口九郎（さとみゆうしんもりぐちくろう）」 初代中村玉助（三代目中村歌右衛門）
Actor Nakamura Tamasuke I (Nakamura Utaemon III) as Moriguchi Kurô, a Valiant Retainer of Satomi (Satomi yûshin), from the series The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes (Hakkenden inu no sôshi no uchi)
「八犬傳犬之艸紙廼内 里見勇臣森口九郎（さとみゆうしんもりぐちくろう）」 初代中村玉助（三代目中村歌右衛門）
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.1 cm (14 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44555
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #30
DescriptionNo. 1 of the Left group on the title page (11.39112).
MFA impressions: 11.39114, 11.44555
MFA impressions: 11.39114, 11.44555
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
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.