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Actor Nakamura Sagisuke as Nakai Kanji (?), from an untitled series of actor portraits


「中居かん次 中村鷺助」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Masukichi (Hori Masu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16157
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kichisama Mairu Yukari no Otozure (?)
Theater: Nakamura (?)
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Ôta Hori Masu
改印:巳八改
彫師:太田彫升
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.