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仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき 「第四段目」「石堂馬之丞 塩冶判官 斧九太夫 大星由良之助」（石堂馬之丞 4.5代目尾上梅幸、斧九太夫 初代中村鶴蔵、塩冶判官 初代中村福助 ） 「第五段目」「斧定九郎 百性与一兵衛」 （ 大星由良之助 八代目片岡仁左衛門、斧定九郎 初代中村福助、百性与一兵衛 二代目大谷徳次） 「第六段目」「不波数右衛門 千崎弥五郎 早野勘平」「一文字や才兵衛 かゝゑおかる」 （不波数右衛門 初代中村鶴蔵、早野勘平 初代中村福助、千崎弥五郎 4.5代目尾上梅幸、一文字や才兵衛 八代目片岡仁左衛門、かゝゑおかる 四代目尾上菊五郎
Acts IV, V, and VI: Actors Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Ishidô Umanosuke, Nakamura Kamezô I as Ono Kudayû, Nakamura Fukusuke I as En'ya Hangan (R), Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Ono Sadakurô, Ôtani Tokuji II as Farmer (Hyakushô) Yoichibei (C), Nakamura Kamezô I as Fuwa Kazuemon, Nakamura Fukusuke I as Hayano Kanpei, Onoe Baikô 4.5 as Senzaki Yagorô, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ichimojiya Saihei, and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Kakae 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 「第四段目」「石堂馬之丞 塩冶判官 斧九太夫 大星由良之助」（石堂馬之丞 4.5代目尾上梅幸、斧九太夫 初代中村鶴蔵、塩冶判官 初代中村福助 ） 「第五段目」「斧定九郎 百性与一兵衛」 （ 大星由良之助 八代目片岡仁左衛門、斧定九郎 初代中村福助、百性与一兵衛 二代目大谷徳次） 「第六段目」「不波数右衛門 千崎弥五郎 早野勘平」「一文字や才兵衛 かゝゑおかる」 （不波数右衛門 初代中村鶴蔵、早野勘平 初代中村福助、千崎弥五郎 4.5代目尾上梅幸、一文字や才兵衛 八代目片岡仁左衛門、かゝゑおかる 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; 37.1 × 74.6 cm (14 5/8 × 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29155, 11.22479, 11.22491
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-0374 (R), 100-0375 (C), 100-0376 (L); Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-911 to 1-913, photo p. 68
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22479 (left), 11.22491 (center), 11.29155 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.21615, 11.21616, 11.22480 (C, R, L); 11.22479, 11.22491, 11.29155 (L:, C, R); 11.29156 (L only)
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: 11.21615, 11.21616, 11.22480 (C, R, L); 11.22479, 11.22491, 11.29155 (L:, C, R); 11.29156 (L only)
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.