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Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôtaka Tonomo and Nakamura Tsuruzô I as the Fisherman (Ryôshi) Ganzô


「大高主殿」四代目中村歌右衛門、「漁師贋蔵」初代中村鶴蔵
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tôseidô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35 x 25.8 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38026
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Takagi Oriemon Budô Jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura


高木織右武実録(たかぎおりえもんぶどうじつろく)
中村
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松、吉村
彫師:なし
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.