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Actor Nakamura Shikan I as Ohatsu


「おまつ 中村芝翫」(初代)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.8 cm (14 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25405
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Yayoi no Hana Onna Hinagata
Theater: Nakamura
☆花女雛形(やよいのはなおんなひながた)
中村
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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.