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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Jôruri no Kagoya


「上るりのかこや 中村芝翫」(四代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.4 cm (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40856
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29380, 11.40856

Play (shosa, finale of Part 2): Waga Sumu Mori Nobe no Rangiku
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Ichimura
吾住森野辺乱菊(わがすむもりのべのらんぎく) 花園、竹本、長唄
本朝廿四孝(ほんちょうにじゅうしこう)
市村、二番目大切
1861、文久01
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉十改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.