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Actor Asao Tamejûrô I as Drunken Gotobei


初代浅尾為十郎の五斗兵衛
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1790 (Kansei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.4 x 14.4 cm (12 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18220
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #647
DescriptionPlay: Yoshitsune Koshigoejô
Theater: Ichimura
義経腰越状(よしつねこしごえじょう)
市村
Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画
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.