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Actor Nakamura Rikô I as Agemaki


初代中村理好の揚巻
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 1st month or 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.8 cm (11 5/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18774
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (jôruri): Sukeroku Kuruwa no Natorigusa
Play (main feature): Nanakusa Yosooi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
七種粧曽我(ななくさよそおいそが)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
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.