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Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Sakon-gitsune, the Fox of Shiinokizawa


初代中村仲蔵の椎木沢狐
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 14 cm (12 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.208
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #23; Nagata et al, The New York and New Jersey Ukiyo-e Collection (exh. cat., 1997), #129; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #309 (R only)
DescriptionRight sheet of an incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.13450 (R only), 20.208 (R only), 21.7137-9 (complete triptych)

Play: Hana-zumô Genji-biiki
Theater: Nakamura
花相撲源氏張膽(はなずもうげんじびいき)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)