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Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira Shinnô Masakado


「平親王将門」四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 x 24 cm (13 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29542
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29542, 11.40398
見立

嘉永1年11月河原崎座「東都内裡花能門」時には、<4>中村歌右衛門は市村座へ出演。
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.