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Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shihei

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shihei

(Japanese, active about 1850–1875)
(Japanese)
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.905
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ClassificationsPrints
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)
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Iwafuji
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Iwafuji
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Actor Nakamura Tanosuke III as Ohatsu, from the series An Assortment of Ohatsu Roles (Jijo Ohatsu tsukushi)
Actor Nakamura Tanosuke III as Ohatsu, from the series An Assortment of Ohatsu Roles (Jijo Ohatsu tsukushi)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kijin Omatsu
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Kijin Omatsu
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Iwafuji
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Iwafuji
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
People Born in Fire Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle on the 6th Day of the 11th Month, at the Hour of the Rat (Kasei no hito uke ni iru, jûichigatsu muika ne no toki): Fukusuke as Three Acrobats Forming the Syllable "Fu"
People Born in Fire Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle on the 6th Day of the 11th Month, at the Hour of the Rat (Kasei no hito uke ni iru, jûichigatsu muika ne no toki): Fukusuke as Three Acrobats Forming the Syllable "Fu"
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month
Fierce Tiger [sic] Drawn from Life (Shasei môko no zu)
Fierce Tiger [sic] Drawn from Life (Shasei môko no zu)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 7th month
Acrobat Takezawa Komanji, Appearing in Asakusa
Acrobat Takezawa Komanji, Appearing in Asakusa
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1875 (Meiji 8), 1st month (?)
a-b
The Virtuous Woman Otake, an Avatar of Dainichi Nyorai, Reads the Sutras for the Salvation of All Beings (Retsujo Otake wa Dainichi Nyorai no keshin ni te shujô saido no tame onkyô dokuju no zu)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1849 (Kaei 2)
Newly Published Board Game of Calculation (Shinpan waridashi sugoroku)
Newly Published Board Game of Calculation (Shinpan waridashi sugoroku)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month
Dancing Ken Game (Ondo ken): Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as a Toad playing the Shamisen
Dancing Ken Game (Ondo ken): Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as a Toad playing the Shamisen
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1847 (Kôka 4), 2nd month
a-c
Housewives Amusing Themselves by Letting Their Money Play (Kanai tanoshimu kinsen o asobaseru zu)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 5th month
The Story of the Great God Tametomo, Governor of Hachijôjima (Hachijôjima no chinju shôichii Tametomo Daimyôjin raiyu)
The Story of the Great God Tametomo, Governor of Hachijôjima (Hachijôjima no chinju shôichii Tametomo Daimyôjin raiyu)
Utagawa Kunimaro I
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)