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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Tonase


三代目瀬川菊之丞のとなせ
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1793 (Kansei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.9 x 14.6 cm (12 9/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18237
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなてほんちゅうしんぐら)
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.