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Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Kurofune Chûemon, from the series Heroic Commoners in Kabuki (Rien kyokaku den)


「梨園侠客伝 黒ふね忠右へもん」 八代目片岡仁左衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43021
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu
七十八歳豊国筆
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi
改印:亥十二改
彫師:彫多七
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.