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「中村芝翫 七変化ノ内」 二代目中村芝翫の乙姫
Actor Nakamura Shikan II as the Dragon Princess Oto-hime, from a Dance of Seven Changes (Shichi henge no uchi)
「中村芝翫 七変化ノ内」 二代目中村芝翫の乙姫
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39387
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay (shosa, finale of Part 2): Nijirigaki Nanatsu Iroha
Section: Oto-hime
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Nakamura
拙筆力七以呂波（にじりがきななついろは） 富本
乙姫（おとひめ）
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
中村、二番目大切
1828、文政１１、03・09
Section: Oto-hime
Play (main feature): Ichinotani Futaba Gunki
Theater: Nakamura
拙筆力七以呂波（にじりがきななついろは） 富本
乙姫（おとひめ）
一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）
中村、二番目大切
1828、文政１１、03・09
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「江戸前の肴にましる和布かな 二代目芝翫<なりこま>」
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.
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.