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Memorial Portrait of Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV


「中村歌右衛門」 (四代目中村歌右衛門死絵)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 2nd month, 17th day

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21986
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
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: 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.