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雷神 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Thunder God
雷神 「中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1815 (Bunka 12), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.3 cm (14 3/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22387
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 001-0198
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
Scene: Summer: Amagoi Komachi, Yûdachi Kaminari
Play (main feature): Godairikli Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
From a dance of nine changes representing the four seasons, with three different characters for spring and two for each of the other seasons.
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
夏 雨乞小町、夕立雷（あまごいこまち、ゆうだちかみなり）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Scene: Summer: Amagoi Komachi, Yûdachi Kaminari
Play (main feature): Godairikli Iro no Minato
Theater: Nakamura
From a dance of nine changes representing the four seasons, with three different characters for spring and two for each of the other seasons.
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら） 長唄
夏 雨乞小町、夕立雷（あまごいこまち、ゆうだちかみなり）
五大力艶湊（ごだいりきいろのみなと）
中村、二番目大切
1815、文化１２、03・06
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.