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Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Tokaiya Ginpei


「渡海や銀平 中村芝翫」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1829 (Bunsei 12), 3rd month (date of play)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17.9 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39454
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura
Theater: Nakamura
Date of production: 1829 (Bunsei 12), 3rd month
The print is probably somewhat later, perhaps about 1833 if it is from the same series as 11.39451 to 11.39453.
義経千本桜(よしつねせんぼんざくら)
中村
1829、文政12、03・03

文政12年3月の上演を受けて、後年錦絵にしたものヵ。
Signed Kunisada ga
国貞画
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.