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Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Prince Atsuhito


初代尾上松助のあつひと親王
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1785 (Tenmei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.9 x 13.9 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18281
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Otokoyama Furisode Genji
Theater: Kiri
男山娘源氏(おとこやまふりそでげんじ)

Signed Katsukawa Shunkô ga
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.