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「御名残所作事七変化ノ内 太夫 座頭 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as a Courtesan (Tayû) and a Blind Masseur (Zatô), from the series Dance of Seven Changes, a Final Performance (Onagori shosagoto nanabake no uchi)
「御名残所作事七変化ノ内 太夫 座頭 中村歌右衛門」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1838 (Tenpô 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 103; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #015; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #38-23-1 and 38-24
DescriptionPlay: Furumekashikeredo Yahari Nanabake
Theater: Naka
昔慕やはり七化（ふるめかしなれどやはりななばけ）
中
Theater: Naka
昔慕やはり七化（ふるめかしなれどやはりななばけ）
中
Signed
Hasegawa Sadanobu ga
長谷川貞信画
長谷川貞信画
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.