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里見八犬士武勇傳 「犬村角太郎 中村翫雀」（三代目） 「五」 「犬飼現八 市川市十郎」（二代目） 「七」
Actors Nakamura Kanjaku III as Inumura Kakutarô, No. 5 (R), and Ichikawa Ichijûrô II as Inukai Genpachi, No. 7 (L), from the series The Valor of the Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi Hakkenshi buyûden)
里見八犬士武勇傳 「犬村角太郎 中村翫雀」（三代目） 「五」 「犬飼現八 市川市十郎」（二代目） 「七」
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban diptych; 25 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35067-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 118; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #412
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets from an octaptych): 11.35067 (right), 11.35068 (left)
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Chikugo
里見八犬傳
筑後
Play: Satomi Hakkenden
Theater: Chikugo
里見八犬傳
筑後
Signed
Hironobu (on each sheet)
広信
広信
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.