Matsushimaya (Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Matsushimaya (Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Matsushimaya (Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

「役者舞台之姿絵　松しまや」（七代目片岡仁左衛門）

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1794 (Kansei 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6832

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #161?

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceJanuary 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from H. E. Field collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.