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Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe Suetake and Bandô Matatarô IV as the Footman (Yakko) Mitahei, Actually Mita no Genta


二代目市川門之助の卜部季末武、四代目坂東又太郎の奴みた平実ハみたの源太
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 31.4 x 21.5 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14860
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #33
DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Shitennô Tonoi no Kisewata
Theater: Nakamura
四天王宿直着綿(してんおうとのいのきせわた)ヵ
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
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.