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Actor Nakamura Nakazô III as Kansuke's Mother (Haha)


「勘助母 中村仲蔵」(三代目)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 × 22.6 cm (13 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41620
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 007-0678
Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:寅二改
彫師:彫長
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.