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Actor Nakamura Noshio II as a Rokubu Pilgrim


二代目中村野塩の六部
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1795 (Kansei 7), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.8 x 14.9 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6350
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #654.1, pl. 84
DescriptionPossibly a triptych: 21.6350 (right), 11.22119 (center), 21.6351 (left)

Play: Kaeribana Yuki no Yoshitsune
Theater: Miyako
帰花雪義経(かえりばなゆきのよしつね)

Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.