Advanced Search 
初代中村理好の揚巻
Actor Nakamura Rikô I as Agemaki
初代中村理好の揚巻
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month or 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.5 x 14.3 cm (12 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18847
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #89 (complete); Hattori, Ichikawa Danjûrô daidai (2002), #86 (complete); Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #493 (photo of C only, description of pentaptych); Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #s 33-7 (complete)
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
MFA impressions: 11.18847 (CR), 21.4056 (CL), 21.4057 (R), 21.7149-51 (CR, C, CL), 34.376 (CL)
Play: Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我（ななくさよそおいそが）
中村
The actors performed in these roles in the first month and again in the fifth month.
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
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.
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.