Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Tanzen and Nakamura Nakazô I as a Footman (Yakkko) (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Tanzen and Nakamura Nakazô I as a Footman (Yakkko) (?)

Actors Nakamura Noshio I as Tanzen and Nakamura Nakazô I as a Footman (Yakkko) (?)

初代中村野塩の丹前、初代中村仲蔵の奴

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1776 (An'ei 5), 11th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4367

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Gookin cat. #166

DescriptionPlay (Kaomise): Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki (?)
Theater: Morita
引連矢声太平記（ひきつれてやごえたいへいき）
森田

Signed Katsu Shunshô ga
勝春章画

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.