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Ise Province: (Actors Nakayama Nanshi II as) Shinobu and (Nakamura Tomosa II as) Nyohachi, from the series The Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nippon rokujû yo shû)

(Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
about 1862 (Bunkyû 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsHorizontal chûban; 17.6 x 24.4 cm (6 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37818
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
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Isshusai Kunikazu
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 2nd month