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「九へん化のうち 夕立雷 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Thunder God in a Shower (Yûdachi Kaminari), from the series Dance of Nine Changes (Kyû henge no uchi)
「九へん化のうち 夕立雷 中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15064
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
Scene: Summer: Amagoi Komachi, Yûdachi Kaminari
Play (main feature): Godairiki Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
From a dance of nine changes representing the four seasons, with three different characters for spring and two for each of the other seasons.
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
夏 雨乞小町、夕立雷（あまごいこまち、ゆうだちかみなり）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Scene: Summer: Amagoi Komachi, Yûdachi Kaminari
Play (main feature): Godairiki Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
From a dance of nine changes representing the four seasons, with three different characters for spring and two for each of the other seasons.
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
夏 雨乞小町、夕立雷（あまごいこまち、ゆうだちかみなり）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Signed
Kunisada ga
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem by Kyôden
「とゝろかすはつかみなりや名のほまれ 京伝」
「とゝろかすはつかみなりや名のほまれ 京伝」
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.
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.