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Actor Nakamura Shikaku II as Shizuka Gozen at Horikawa, from the series Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigaoe shû)


春仙似顔集 二代目中村芝鶴の堀川御所の静御前
Natori Shunsen (Japanese, 1886–1960)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1926 (Taishô 15/Shôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Justine F. Kershaw Fund
Accession Number66.418
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 150; Folan et al, Stars of the Tokyo Stage (2012), p. 75
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Signed Shunsen
Marks Artist's seal: Natori
ProvenanceBy 1966, Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Kirkpatrick, New York; 1966, sold by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 1966)