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Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as Togashi no Saemon (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Musashibô Benkei (C-L) in The Subscription List (Kanjinchô)


「勧進帳」 「富樫の左衛門 市川右団二」(初代) 「武蔵坊弁慶 市川団十郎」(九代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 8), September (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 × 72 cm (13 3/4 × 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22565-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.22565 (right), 11.22566 (center), 11.22567 (left)
Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Gin (on left sheet)
改印:亥九ヵ
彫師:彫工銀
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.