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三代瀬川菊之丞の墨染め
Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Sumizome
三代瀬川菊之丞の墨染め
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.8 x 15 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18294
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e zenshû 5 (1957), fig. 62 (complete diptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
Play: Jûni-hitoe Komachi-zakura
Theater: Kiri
重重重小町桜（じゅうにひとえこまちざくら）
桐（市村）
For a detailed synopsis of the play, see Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), pp. 36-48.
Play: Jûni-hitoe Komachi-zakura
Theater: Kiri
重重重小町桜（じゅうにひとえこまちざくら）
桐（市村）
For a detailed synopsis of the play, see Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), pp. 36-48.
Signed
Shunkô ga
春好画
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.
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.