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Actor Nakamura Gizaemon as Tarakubô, from the series Tales of Loyalty and Heroism (Chûkô buyû den)


「忠孝武勇傳 多楽坊」 中村儀左衛門
Gosôtei Hirosada (Japanese, active 1826–1863, died about 1865)
Publisher: Kawaoto (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1849 (Kaei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.1 x 15.9 cm (9 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.541.68
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kamigata yakusha-e no sekai (2001), #88; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #59, photo p. 213
DescriptionTheater: Chikugo (Ônishi)
Signed Hirosada
広貞
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)