Advanced Search 
「関脇 阿州 虹ヶ嶽杣右エ門 東方 前頭 小倉 筆ノ海金右エ門」
Sumô Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: Nijigatake Somaemon, Sekiwaki from Awa Province (Ashû) and Fudenoumi Kin'emon, Maegashira from Kokura
「関脇 阿州 虹ヶ嶽杣右エ門 東方 前頭 小倉 筆ノ海金右エ門」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782–83 (Tenmei 2–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #501, pl. 99; Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #41
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.