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Actor Nakamura Nakazô II as Matsuômaru


二代中村仲蔵の松王丸
Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Publisher: Uemura Yohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1796 (Kansei 8), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22745
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), list #1.018
DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Miyako
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)

Signed Kunimasa ga
国政画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.