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「奴芝平 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as the Footman (Yakko) Shihei
「奴芝平 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.4 × 24.3 cm (13 15/16 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41616
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-1211
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; date seal on the other two sheets.
Play: Momochidori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆魁曽我（ももちどりさきがけそが）
守田
Play: Momochidori Sakigake Soga
Theater: Morita
百鵆魁曽我（ももちどりさきがけそが）
守田
Signed
Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
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.
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.