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An Old Picture of the Ancient Story of Masamune Tempering the Sword (Mukashi mukashi Masamune yukaken no kozu): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Katanakaji Dankurô (R), Bandô Mitsugorô III as Gorobei Masamune (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Sonobe no Hyôe's Servant (Genan) Kichisuke, actually Raitarô Kunitoshi (L)

An Old Picture of the Ancient Story of Masamune Tempering the Sword (Mukashi mukashi Masamune yukaken no kozu): Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Katanakaji Dankurô (R), Bandô Mitsugorô III as Gorobei Masamune (C), and Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Sonobe no Hyôe's Servant (Genan) Kichisuke, actually Raitarô Kunitoshi (L)

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
(Japanese)
1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 36 x 74.3 cm (14 3/16 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.44029a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)
Ryôgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital: Illustration of the Prosperity of the River Opening (Tôto Ryôgoku-bashi, kawabiraki han'ei zu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 3rd month
Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Kannon-ji in Ômi Province, No. 32 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route Saikoku junrei sanjûniban Kanonji Ômi), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Nan'endô in Nara, Yamato Province, No. 9 of the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei kyûban Washû Nara Nanendô), from the series Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6)
Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Saisuke of Kurume
Sumô Wrestler Onogawa Saisuke of Kurume
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Agemaki's Sukeroku
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Agemaki's Sukeroku
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 5th month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shimobe Shikazô
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shimobe Shikazô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza
Actor Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Nagoya Sanza
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 3rd month
Beauty in Mountain Landscape
Beauty in Mountain Landscape
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month