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初代坂東三津五郎
Actor Bandô Mitsugorô I
初代坂東三津五郎
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 11th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29 x 13.4 cm (11 7/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18277
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #1-39
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Possibly the same scene: RES.54.125.
1779? as Koyamada Tarô
Possibly the same scene: RES.54.125.
1779? as Koyamada Tarô
Signed
Katsukawa Shunkô ga
勝川春好画
勝川春好画
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.