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「喜せん」四代目中村歌右衛門、「文屋」初代中村玉七
Memorial Portrait of Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kisen Hôshi, with Nakamura Tamashichi I as Bun'ya Yasuhide
「喜せん」四代目中村歌右衛門、「文屋」初代中村玉七
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25 x 18.4 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.11
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-1132; Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #31
DescriptionPlay: Fûryû Rokkasen
Theater: Naka
After the death of Utaemon IV, who had played all five of the male poets, Tamashichi took over his roles in the play.
六歌仙
中
Theater: Naka
After the death of Utaemon IV, who had played all five of the male poets, Tamashichi took over his roles in the play.
六歌仙
中
Signed
Takigawa Sadakatsu
多喜川貞勝(蘭畦)
多喜川貞勝(蘭畦)
InscriptionsPoems by Tamashichi
「たよりすくなき影法師のひたすらに唯御ヒイキを希ふものは ひとつほみ枝に残るや梅の花 玉七」
「たよりすくなき影法師のひたすらに唯御ヒイキを希ふものは ひとつほみ枝に残るや梅の花 玉七」
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)