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Actor Nakamura Fukunosuke as both Seihaku and Tamamo no Mae (inset)


「せいはく 中村福之助」「玉藻前」
Jukôdô Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1804–1843)
Publisher: Toshikuraya Shinbei (Toshin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 5), 2~8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.8 cm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36269
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 91
DescriptionPlay: Tamamo no Mae Asahi no Tamoto
Theater: Kadomaru
玉藻前曦袂(たまものまえあさひのたもと)
角丸
Signed Yoshikuni ga
よし国画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.