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Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as the Footman (Yakko) Edohei


中村仲蔵の奴江戸兵衛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), intercalary 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 13.7 cm (12 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18755
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18755, RES.54.177

Play: Koi Nyôbo Somewake Tazuna
Theater: Nakamura

Playbill (tsuji banzuke) for this performance: 11.27342, 11.28503
恋女房染分手綱(こいにょうぼうそめわけたづな)
中村
Signed Katsu Shunshô ga
勝春章画
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.