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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Ômi no Kotôda (R) and Ôtani Hiroji III as Banba no Chûda (L)


初代中村仲蔵の近江小藤太  三代目大谷広次の番場忠太
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1774 (An'ei 3), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 32.2 x 29.3 cm (12 11/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7110-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #48; Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #284, pl. 70 (complete diptych); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #915 (R only)
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7110 (left), 21.7111 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.18695 (left sheet only), 21.7110-1 (complete diptych)

Play: Oatsuraezome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order)
Jôruri: Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight)
Theater: Nakamura
御誂染曽我雛形(おあつらえそがのひながた)
其鵆夜半の髪梳(そのちどりよわのかみすき) 
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
Marks Collector's seal: unidentified
ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.