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「芸子座敷狂言 姫小松子日の遊（ひめこまつねのひのあそび） しゆんくわん僧都 亀王女房おやす」
Amateur Actors as Shunkan Sôzu and Kameô's Wife (Nyôbô) Oyasu in the Play Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi no Asobi, from the series Parlor Theatricals by Geisha (Geiko zashiki kyogen)
「芸子座敷狂言 姫小松子日の遊（ひめこまつねのひのあそび） しゆんくわん僧都 亀王女房おやす」
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 32.8 x 22.3 cm (12 15/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14859
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
春章画
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.
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.