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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV, from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi)


東扇 四代目松本幸四郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1775 (An'ei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 21.6 cm (15 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14866
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), p. 208, n. 2 (this design not mentioned)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14866 (heavily trimmed), 21.4297 (slightly trimmed)
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.