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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき」「大序」「高の師直 桃の井若狭之助 塩冶判官 妻かほよ」 （高の師直 八代目片岡仁左衛門、塩冶判官 初代中村福助、桃の井若狭之助 4.5代目尾上梅幸） 「第弐段目」「桃の井若狭之介 加古川本蔵」 （妻かほよ 四代目尾上菊五郎、桃の井若狭之介 4.5代目尾上梅幸、加古川本蔵 八代目片岡仁左衛門） 「第三段目」「早の勘平 鷺坂伴内 こし元おかる」 （早の勘平 初代中村福助、鷺坂伴内 初代中村翫助、こし元おかる 四代目尾上菊五郎
Acts I, II, and III: Actors Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kô no Moronao, Nakamura Fukusuke I as En'ya Hangan, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Momonoi Wakasanosuke (R), Onoe Kikugorô IV as Wife (Tsuma) Kaoyo, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kakogawa Honzô (C), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hayano Kanpei, Nakamura Kansuke I as Sagisaka Bannai, and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Koshimoto Okaru (L), from the series Twelve Continuous Acts of The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura jûnidan tsuzuki)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき」「大序」「高の師直 桃の井若狭之助 塩冶判官 妻かほよ」 （高の師直 八代目片岡仁左衛門、塩冶判官 初代中村福助、桃の井若狭之助 4.5代目尾上梅幸） 「第弐段目」「桃の井若狭之介 加古川本蔵」 （妻かほよ 四代目尾上菊五郎、桃の井若狭之介 4.5代目尾上梅幸、加古川本蔵 八代目片岡仁左衛門） 「第三段目」「早の勘平 鷺坂伴内 こし元おかる」 （早の勘平 初代中村福助、鷺坂伴内 初代中村翫助、こし元おかる 四代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15722, 11.22473, 11.22486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-0995 (R), 100-0996 (C), 100-0997 (L); Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-908 to 1-910, photo p. 67
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15722 (center), 11.22473 (right), 11.22486 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.15722VR (complete; 11.15722, 11.22473, 11.22486) (C, R, L); *11.29157-8 (C-L only; deaccessioned in 2019); 11.45089VR (complete; 11.45089a-b, 11.45172) (R-C, L)
From a set of twelve sheets that link together as four triptychs.
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
1860（万延０１）、04･15
MFA impressions: 11.15722VR (complete; 11.15722, 11.22473, 11.22486) (C, R, L); *11.29157-8 (C-L only; deaccessioned in 2019); 11.45089VR (complete; 11.45089a-b, 11.45172) (R-C, L)
From a set of twelve sheets that link together as four triptychs.
Play: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
中村
1860（万延０１）、04･15
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申五改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申五改
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.