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「里見八犬士之一個」「犬田小文吾悌順」十三代目市村羽左衛門 「里見八犬士之一個」「犬川荘助義任」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Inukawa Shôsuke Yoshitô (L), from the series Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi Hakkenshi no hitori)
「里見八犬士之一個」「犬田小文吾悌順」十三代目市村羽左衛門 「里見八犬士之一個」「犬川荘助義任」四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29046-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #19; Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #164
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29046 (right), 11.29047 (left)
Four 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)
見立
Four 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)
見立
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: 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.