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Actor Nakamura Shikan as Tomiki Saburô


「富貴三郎 中村芝翫」(二代目)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 x 25.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38266
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably Shikan II, who used the name from 1825.11 to 1835.12 and then became Nakamura Utaemon IV.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.