Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kô no Moronao – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kô no Moronao

Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kô no Moronao

「高ノ師直」　四代目中村歌右衛門

Kiyosada (Japanese, active late 1840s–early 1850s)

Japanese

Edo period

1851 (Kaei 4), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.2 x 17.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.541.21

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Naka
仮名手本忠臣蔵
中

Signed Kiyosada
清貞

ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)