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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Senritobi no Koma, from an untitled series of actors with firefighters' coats


「千里飛ノ駒 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Fukuda
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 24.2 cm (14 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41664
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 500-1501
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 8 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Tashichi
改印:丑八改
彫師:彫工多七
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.