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No. 10, Sakaki: Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV (?), from the series Fifty-four Chapters of Edo Purple (Edo murasaki gojûyo-jô)


「江戸紫五十四帖 第十 榊」四代目中村歌右衛門ヵ
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Fuji (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.878
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description見立
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Monjin Kunimasa ga (background)
豊国画(年玉枠)、門人国政画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Fuji
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
彫師:彫藤
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)