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Actor Bandô Mitsugorô I as Kogorobei, a Townsman of Umebori, Actually Kyô no Jirô


初代坂東三津五郎の梅堀の町人小五郎兵衛実ハ京の次郎
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1778 (An'ei 7), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.2 x 13.8 cm (11 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18283
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18283, 21.6081

Play: Kaidô Ichi Yawaragi Soga, part 2 (added in the 3rd month to a play that had opened in the 1st month)
Theater: Nakamura
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.