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「平清盛 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Taira Kiyomori
「平清盛 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 × 48.2 cm (14 3/16 × 19 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39439, 11.41595
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.39439 (right), 11.41595 (left)
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on left sheet)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori ... Wakasa 9on left sheet)
改印：辰二改
彫師：ホリ 若狭
Blockcutter's mark: Hori ... Wakasa 9on left sheet)
改印：辰二改
彫師：ホリ 若狭
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.