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仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段つゞき 「第七段目」「寺岡平右衛門 斧九太夫 白人おかる 大星由良之介」 （白人おかる 四代目尾上菊五郎 、大星由良之助 八代目片岡仁左衛門、 斧九太夫 初代中村鶴蔵） 「第八段目」「本蔵女房となせ むすめ小なみ」 （ 寺岡平右衛門 初代中村福助、 むすめ小なみ 二代目坂東玉三郎、 本蔵女房となせ 四代目尾上菊五郎）
Acts VII and VIIII: Actors Onoe Kikugorô IV as Okaru, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Nakamura Kamezô I as Ono Kudayû (R), Nakamura Fukusuke I as Teraoka Heiemon, Bando Tamasaburô II as the Daughter (Musume) Konami, and Onoe Kikugorô IV as Honzô's Wife (Nyôbô) Tonase, 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 「第七段目」「寺岡平右衛門 斧九太夫 白人おかる 大星由良之介」 （白人おかる 四代目尾上菊五郎 、大星由良之助 八代目片岡仁左衛門、 斧九太夫 初代中村鶴蔵） 「第八段目」「本蔵女房となせ むすめ小なみ」 （ 寺岡平右衛門 初代中村福助、 むすめ小なみ 二代目坂東玉三郎、 本蔵女房となせ 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), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.2 x 25.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15717, 11.22485
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 100-1001 (R), 100-1002 (L), and 100-1003 (the third sheet, not in MFA); Asano et al., Chûshingura VII (2014), list #1-914 to 1-916, photo p. 68; Akô Mus., Nishiki-e ni miru Chûshingura (1998), #57
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.15717 (left), 11.22485 (right)
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
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 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申六改
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.