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白拍子「中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a Shirabyôshi Dancer
白拍子「中村歌右衛門」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22495
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-5977
DescriptionPlay: Nise Murasaki Kanoko Dôjô-ji
Theater: Nakamura
仮紫鹿子道成寺（にせむらさきかのこどうじょうじ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
仮紫鹿子道成寺（にせむらさきかのこどうじょうじ）
中村
Signed
Kuniyasu ga
国安画
国安画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Iwatoya Kisaburô
改印：極、岩戸
改印：極、岩戸
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.