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「里見八犬子之一個 犬塚信乃戌孝」 八代目市川団十郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬飼見八信道」 四代目板東彦三郎
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka (R) and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi (L), from the series Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi Hakkenshi no hitori)
「里見八犬子之一個 犬塚信乃戌孝」 八代目市川団十郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬飼見八信道」 四代目板東彦三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 49.9 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45268a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #19; Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #164
DescriptionFour diptychs combine vertically to make an octaptych: 11.43770a-b (top), 11.43779a-b (top center), 11.43771a-b (bottom center), 11.43778a-b (bottom); virtual record: 11.43770VR
Additional MFA impressions: 11.29046-7 (= 11.43778a-b), 11.45267a-b (= 11.43779a-b), 11.45268a-b (= 11.43770a-b)
Additional MFA impressions: 11.29046-7 (= 11.43778a-b), 11.45267a-b (= 11.43779a-b), 11.45268a-b (= 11.43770a-b)
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田、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.
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.