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Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as Enma no Chôemon, actually Ono no Takamura


三代目大谷広次のエンマの長右衛門本名小野篁
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.9 x 14.8 cm (12 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly a diptych: 11.18278 (left), 21.4222 (right)

Play: Jûni-hitoe Komachi-zakura
Theater: Kiri
重重重小町桜(じゅうにひとえこまちざくら)
桐(市村)

For a detailed synopsis of the play, see Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), pp. 36-48.
Signed Shunkô ga
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.