Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as Yaoya Oshichi, Holding a Puppet of Kichisaburô – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as Yaoya Oshichi, Holding a Puppet of Kichisaburô

Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as Yaoya Oshichi, Holding a Puppet of Kichisaburô

初代中村清三郎の八百屋お七

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Japanese

Edo period

1750 (Kan'en 3), 1st month

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.3 cm (12 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5782

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1761; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 11 (1982), #155

DescriptionPlay (main feature): Kayou Kami Chidori Soga
Theater: Ichimura
通神鵆曽我（かようかみちどりそが）
市村

Signed Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu
奥村文角政信

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.