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Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Danshichi Kurobei


初代中村仲蔵の団七九郎兵衛
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1779 (An'ei 8), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.4 x 13.7 cm (11 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.141
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 013-0029 (L), 013-0030 (R); Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #176 (C only)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 21.7288-90 (complete triptych), RES.54.141 (right sheet only)

Play: Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami
Theater: Morita
夏祭浪花鏡(なつまつりなにわかがみ)
森田
Signed Katsukawa Shunkô ga
勝川春好画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)