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Actor Ôtani Tokuji as the Footman (Yakko) Kansuke


大谷徳次の奴関助
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1796 (Kansei 8), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.8 x 14.9 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18331
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Katakiuchi Hina no Isogai
Theater: Miyako
敵討雛磯貝(かたきうちひなのいそがい)

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.