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「中村芝翫九変化ノ内」二代目中村芝翫の老女
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as a Old Woman, from the series Nakamura Shikan's Dance of Nine Changes (Nakamura Shikan kyû henge no uchi)
「中村芝翫九変化ノ内」二代目中村芝翫の老女
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22251
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Kyô Kokonoe Yayoi no Hanamichi
Scene: An Old Woman (Rôjo)
Play (main feature): Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
興医重弥生花道（きょうここのえやよいのはなみち） 長唄
老女（ろうじょ）
桜時花吉原（さくらどきはなのよしわら）
中村、二番目大切
1833、天保０４、03・03
Scene: An Old Woman (Rôjo)
Play (main feature): Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
興医重弥生花道（きょうここのえやよいのはなみち） 長唄
老女（ろうじょ）
桜時花吉原（さくらどきはなのよしわら）
中村、二番目大切
1833、天保０４、03・03
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「入相や花に忘れて老の杖 魁香舎芝翫<なりこま>」
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.