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Actor Ichikawa Yaozô III as Minamoto no Yoshitsune


三代目市川八百蔵の源義経
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18354
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Fude Hajime Kanjinchô
Theater: Nakamura
筆始観進帳(ふではじめかんじんちょう)
中村
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.