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「中村歌右衛門」（三代目中村歌右衛門の石橋）「八枚続之内」
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a Lion, from a Set of Eight Sheets (Hachimaitsuzuki no uchi)
「中村歌右衛門」（三代目中村歌右衛門の石橋）「八枚続之内」
Japanese
Edo period
1816 (Bunka 13), 3rd month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24981
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionUtaemon played this role as part of a Dance of Nine Changes. Possibly from the same set: 11.22388, 11.24981
Play: Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
Theater: Kado
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら）
角
文化１３ ( 1816)・03・
Play: Sono Kokonoe Saishiki-zakura
Theater: Kado
其九絵彩四季桜（そのここのえさいしきざくら）
角
文化１３ ( 1816)・03・
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.