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「里見八犬子之一個 犬塚信乃戌孝」八代目市川団十郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬飼見八信道」四代目板東彦三郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬山道節忠興」五代目市川海老蔵 「里見八犬子之一個 犬坂毛野胤智」初代坂東しうか 「里見八犬子之一個 犬江親兵衛仁」三代目岩井粂三郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬村大角正礼」五代目沢村長十郎 「里見八犬士之一個 犬田小文吾悌順」十二代目市村羽左衛門 「里見八犬士之一個 犬川荘助義任」四代目市川小団次
Eight Dog Heroes of Satomi (Satomi Hakkenshi no hitori): Actors, right to left and top to bottom: Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Inuzuka Shino Moritaka and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Inukai Genpachi Nobumichi; Iwai Kumesaburô III as Inue Shinbei Masashi and Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Inumura Daikaku Masanori; Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Inukawa Shôsuke Yoshitô; Ichikawa Ebizô V as Inuyama Dôsetsu Tadatomo and Bandô Shûka I as Inuzaka Keno Tanetomo
「里見八犬子之一個 犬塚信乃戌孝」八代目市川団十郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬飼見八信道」四代目板東彦三郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬山道節忠興」五代目市川海老蔵 「里見八犬子之一個 犬坂毛野胤智」初代坂東しうか 「里見八犬子之一個 犬江親兵衛仁」三代目岩井粂三郎 「里見八犬子之一個 犬村大角正礼」五代目沢村長十郎 「里見八犬士之一個 犬田小文吾悌順」十二代目市村羽左衛門 「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 Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, four-tier octaptych; 144.4 x 50.2 cm (56 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43770VR
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #19; Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #164
DescriptionFour 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
芳流閣の各階に二人づつ八犬士を配したもの。
Additional MFA impressions: 11.29046-7 (= 11.43778a-b), 11.45267a-b (= 11.43779a-b), 11.45268a-b (= 11.43770a-b)
見立
芳流閣の各階に二人づつ八犬士を配したもの。
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: January 19, 2005)
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.