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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Nikki Danjô


「仁木弾正 中村芝翫」 (四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.7 cm (13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41603
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly the right sheet of a triptych, with 11.41602 as the left sheet.
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:寅四改
彫師:なし
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.