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Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shokurô, one of the Five Chivalrous Commoners


二代目中村助五郎の雷庄九郎(雁金五人男の内)
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1768 (Meiwa 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.2 x 14.3 cm (12 5/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4093
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagata et al, The New York and New Jersey Ukiyo-e Collection (exh. cat., 1997), #122; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #72, pl. 27
DescriptionTetraptych (four sheets of incomplete pentaptych): 21.4090, 21.4091, 21.4092, 21.4093 (matted separately)

Play: Otokodate Itsutsu Karigane
Play (main feature): Ayatsuri Kabuki Ôgi
Theater: Nakamura
男作五鳫金(おとこだていつつかりがね)
操歌舞妓扇(あやつりかぶきおうぎ)
中村
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceNovember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.