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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Teranishi Kanshin


「寺西閑心 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835–1888)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16215
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kuniaki ga, in toshidama cartouche
国明画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:戌九改
彫師:彫兼
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.