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Actors Ichikawa Komazô II as Yoemon and Nakamura Utaemon I as Kasane


初代中村歌右衛門のかさね、二代目市川高麗蔵の羽生村の与右衛門
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.6 x 13.7 cm (12 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18586
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Katakiuchi Chûkô Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
敵討忠孝鑑(かたきうちちゅうこうかがみ)
中村

This scene appears in the upper right corner of the tsuji banzuke, 11.27163.
Signed Shunshô
春章
Marks Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape)
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.