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The Actors Nakamura Nakazō I Holding a Sword and Nakamura Rikō Holding a Mirror
The Actors Nakamura Nakazō I Holding a Sword and Nakamura Rikō Holding a Mirror

The Actors Nakamura Nakazō I Holding a Sword and Nakamura Rikō Holding a Mirror

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Date1777
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical aiban; overall: 12 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (32.1 × 22.1 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.277
Status
Not on view
More Information
The actor Nakamura Nakazō I (1736–90), in a role as a samurai, looms over the seated Nakamura Rikō (1742–86), acting in a female role and holding a hand mirror. The play is thought to be Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, performed at the Ichimura theater during the eleventh month of 1777.
Exhibition History
A College Collects: Japanese Prints from Oberlin College
  • Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (September 25, 1960 - October 15, 1960 )
  • Hollins College, Hollins, VA (November 5, 1960 - November 25, 1960 )
  • Public Library of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC (December 9, 1960 - December 29, 1960 )
  • Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN (January 12, 1961 - February 2, 1961 )
  • Port Arthur Service League, Port Arthur, TX (March 20, 1961 - April 10, 1961 )
  • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (April 23, 1961 - May 15, 1961 )
  • Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA (October 6, 1961 - October 26, 1961 )
  • Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (November 8, 1961 - November 29, 1961 )
  • State University of New York, Oswego, NY (January 14, 1962 - February 4, 1962 )
  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (March 23, 1962 - April 13, 1962 )
  • Wichita Art Museum, Wichitia, KS (September 6, 1962 - September 26, 1962 )
  • Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL (October 16, 1962 - November 6, 1962 )
  • University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (November 20, 1962 - December 11, 1962 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian
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