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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Ôboshi Yuranosuke


「大星由良之助 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1839 (Tenpô 10), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 25.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39343
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Chûkô Gishi no Yurai
Theater: Nakamura
忠孝義士由良意(ちゅうこうぎしのゆらい)
中村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions城渡しの場
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.