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「黒んぼう 中村歌右衛門 九変化ノ内」 （三代目中村歌右衛門）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as a Black Man (Kuronbô), from the series Dance of Nine Changes (Kokonobake no uchi)
「黒んぼう 中村歌右衛門 九変化ノ内」 （三代目中村歌右衛門）
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 94; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #364; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #222
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36283, 11.38836
Play: Yosete Arata ni Kokonobake
Theater: Kado
日本新玉九尾化（よせてあらたにここのばけ）
角
Play: Yosete Arata ni Kokonobake
Theater: Kado
日本新玉九尾化（よせてあらたにここのばけ）
角
Signed
Jukôdô Yoshikuni ga
寿好堂よし国画
寿好堂よし国画
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.
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.