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Actor Kataoka Nizaemon XI as Kakiemon, from the series Stars of Kabuki (Rien no hana)


梨園の華 十一代目片岡仁左衛門の柿右衛門
Yamamura Kôka (Toyonari) (Japanese, 1885–1942)
Japanese
Taishô era
1920 (Taishô 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 41.5 x 29 cm (16 5/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charlotte Nichols Greene
Accession Number35.1923
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 205; The Male Image (Amsterdam, Nihon no hanga exh. cat. 6, 2011), fig. 7
DescriptionPlay: Meikô Kakiemon
Theater: Kabuki-za
Date of production: November 1919
Signed Toyonari ga (in block)
豊成画
Marks Artist's seal: Yamamura
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)