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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Mochizuki Kenmotsu


「望月監物 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.1 cm (14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17364
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yotsu no Umi Taiheiyô Mochizukigoma (?)
Theater: Morita
四海太平洋望月駒
守田
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥八改
彫師:なし
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.