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Butsumetsu: Actor Nakamura Shikan III as Akechi Samagorô, from the series Matches for the Six Days of Divination (Mitate Rokuyôsei)


「見立六曜星 仏滅」「明智左馬五郎 中村芝蔵」(三代目)
Ichiyôtei Yoshitaki (Japanese, 1841–1899)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24 x 17.2 cm (9 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.542.7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 016-1771
DescriptionThe complete series: 08.542.3 to 08.542.8 .

Play: Matsushita Kaheiji Renga Hyôban
Theater: Horie
松下嘉平治連歌評判(まつしたかへいじれんがひょうばん)
堀江
Signed Yoshitaki ga
芳瀧画
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)