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Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Guan Yu (Kan'u)


初代中村仲蔵の関羽
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.7 x 14.6 cm (12 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18250
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.18250 (right sheet only), 11.18249VR (11.18249, 11.18258, 11.18259; complete triptych)

Theater: Ichimura
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.