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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Onmaya Kisanda dressed as the Lion Dancer Kakubei and Segawa Kikunojô III as Shizuka Gozen


初代中村仲蔵の角兵衛獅子実ハ幸三太、 三代目瀬川菊之丞の静御前
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1777 (An'ei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical aiban; 32.7 x 22.8 cm (12 7/8 x 9 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14863
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #380 (with signature); Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #157 (with signature)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14863 (unsigned), 2012.559 (signed)

Play (kaomise): Chigo Torii Tobiiri-gitsune
Theater: Ichimura
児華表飛入阿紫(ちごとりいとびいりきつね)
市村
Signed (this impression unsigned)
無款
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.