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Actor Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Moronao


六代目中山小十郎の師直
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1786 (Tenmei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32 x 14.3 cm (12 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14597
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura

The actor Nakamura Nakazô I used the name Nakayama Kojûrô VI from 1785.11 to 1786.11 (during this time, the name Nakamura Nakazô was used by his adopted son Nakamura Mansaku).
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)
中村
Signed Shunkô ga
春好画
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.