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三代目沢村宗十郎の大友黒主
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Ôtomo no Kuronushi
三代目沢村宗十郎の大友黒主
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.7 x 15.2 cm (12 7/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Sharaku (2011), #151; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #63; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #71
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16486, 21.7266
Play: Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare (Praising Famous Poems in the Leap Year)
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
Play: Uruôtoshi Meika no Homare (Praising Famous Poems in the Leap Year)
Theater: Miyako
閏訥子名和歌誉（うるおうとしめいかのほまれ）
都
Signed
Sharaku ga
写楽画
写楽画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.