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Actor Nakamura Matsue III as Chôbei's Wife (Nyôbô) Tose


「長兵衛女房とせ 中村松江」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 23.7 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15068
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hiyoku no Chô Haru no Soga-giku
Theater: Nakamura
比翼蝶春曽我菊(ひよくのちょうはるのそがぎく)
中村
1816、文化13、01・15
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.