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Actor Nakamura Shikan II as Umezu no Kamon


「梅津の嘉門 中村芝翫」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1833 (Tenpô 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 19 x 13.8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39542
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sakuradoki Hana no Yoshiwara
Theater: Nakamura
桜時花吉原(さくらどきはなのよしわら)
中村
1833、天保04、03・03
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.