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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Kose no Kanaoka and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Yoshimine no Munesada, from an unidentified book of theatrical scenes


初代中村仲蔵の巨勢金岡、二代目市川八百蔵のよし峰の宗貞
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month (date of play)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions One chûbon page; 21 x 13.9 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13468
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné A similar book: Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), vol. 1, pp. 337-9
DescriptionA similar book dated 1771-1772: 2006.1790 (3 vol. in 1), 2006.1791 (first vol. only)

Play: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji
Theater: Nakamura
倭花小野五文字(くにのはなおののいつもじ)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
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.