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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Mikawaya Giheiji and Nakamura Sukegorô II as Danshichi Kurobei


初代中村仲蔵の三川屋義平二と二代中村助五郎の団七九郎兵衛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1768 (Meiwa 5), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.4 x 20.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4366
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #43; Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #2; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #71; Gookin cat. #26
DescriptionPlay: Ayatsuri Kabuki Ôgi
Theater: Nakamura
操歌舞妓扇(あやつりかぶきおうぎ)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Marks Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape)
ProvenanceDecember 1916, 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.