Eleven Brigade, North Group, Honjo: Actor Bandô Kamezô I as Kô no Moronô, from the series Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishô-e)

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)

Torii Kiyokuni (Japanese)

Katôya Iwazô (Seibei) (Japanese)

Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.5 x 24 cm (14 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.45158

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Inscriptions「江戸の花名勝会」「十一」「北組」「田舎そば」「二八楠田」「一子相伝角力赤膏」「兜あらためハ忠臣蔵の何段目」「□名手　本所」「元来牛じま也永代じま新地開発ありて本所と地名なるへし」「回向院境内勧進出角力」「ト二ッ」「つらいくがいを乗切る明智　白い仕かけで雲に龍」「ぬしゆゑにくらうつくしたくかいの此身もゆるむねの火不知火と」「しん上　両関さんえ　ひゐき」「雲龍」「不知火」「高師直　坂東亀蔵」「少将の首を小桶に打入て寺より里へおくるはつもの」

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.