Actor Nakamura Sukegorô I, aka Gyoraku, as Kaminari Shôkurô – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Nakamura Sukegorô I, aka Gyoraku, as Kaminari Shôkurô

Actor Nakamura Sukegorô I, aka Gyoraku, as Kaminari Shôkurô

雷庄九郎　「中村助五郎　魚楽」（初代中村助五郎）

Torii Kiyoshige (Japanese, active 1720–1760)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon

Japanese

Edo period

1756 (Hôreki 6), 3rd month (?)

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

Dimensions Wide hosoban; 40 x 18 cm (15 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5671

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1340

DescriptionPlay: Gonin Otoko Kariba no Kadoide
Theater: Ichimura
五人男狩場首途（ごにんおとこかりばのかどいで）
市村

Signed Torii Kiyoshige ga
鳥居清重画

ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, 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.