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Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Tametomo (R) and Arashi Sangorô II as Itô Kurô (L)


初代中村仲蔵の為朝  二代目嵐三五郎の伊東九郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30 x 27.7 cm (11 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18899-900
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #307 (R only)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18899 (right), 11.18900 (left); virtual record: 11.18899-900

Play: Hana-zumô Genji-biiki (Kaomise)
Theater: Nakamura
花相撲源氏張膽(はなずもうげんじびいき)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
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.