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Actor Nakamura Kajûrô I as Chishima Tsukasanosuke


「千鳥司之介 中村歌十良」
Gochôtei Sadahiro (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36474
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 104; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 3 (2001), #104
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Satsumagushi
Theater: Kado
契情狭妻櫛

Signed Gorakutei Sadahiro ga
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.