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Actor Bandô Hikosaburô III as Soga no Gorô


三代目坂東彦三郎の曽我五郎
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1785 (Tenmei 5), 1st 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 Number11.18311
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #1103
DescriptionPlay: Yae Hitoe Kotonoha Soga
Theater: Kiri
重重人重歌曽我(やえひとえことのはそが)

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.