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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Both Yasuhide and Henjô, from the series Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen no uchi)


「六ヶ撰の内」 「康秀 へん正 中村歌右衛門」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1841 (Tenpô 12), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42860
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (finale): Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori
Play (main feature): Hana ni Chô Iro no Dekiaki
Theater: Ichimura
六歌仙体綵(ろっかせんすがたのいろどり) 清元、義太夫、長唄
種花蝶蝶色成秋(はなにちょういろのできあき)
市村、大切
1841、天保12
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
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.