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Actor Ôtani Hiroemon III as Shimakawa Tahei


三代目大谷廣右衛門の島川太兵衛
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.3 x 13.8 cm (11 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18303
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Tsuki no Miyako
Theater: Morita
けいせい月の都(けいせいつきのみやこ)
森田
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.