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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Masakiyo


「正清 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Maruya Heijirô
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.4 cm (14 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36869
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kuniteru hitsu
国輝筆
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Chôjirô
改印:卯八改
彫師:彫工長治郎
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.