Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as a Rokubu Pilgrim (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (L) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as a Rokubu Pilgrim (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (L)

Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as a Rokubu Pilgrim (R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kazusa no Gorobei Tadamitsu (L)

初代中村仲蔵の六部　　五代目市川団十郎の上総五郎兵衛

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.2 x 28 cm (12 11/16 x 11 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4210-1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #449 (left)

DescriptionDiptych: 21.4210 (right), 21.4211 (left)

Play (kaomise): Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka
Theater: Nakamura
極飜錦壮貌（きてかえるにしきのわかやか）
中村

Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.