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三代目大谷広次の八幡小文治
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as Yawata Kobunji
三代目大谷広次の八幡小文治
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1776 (An'ei 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.3 x 13.7 cm (11 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18504
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #114
DescriptionPlay: Kazoeuta Taue Soga
Theater: Nakamura
縣賦歌田種曽我（かぞえうたたうえそが）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
縣賦歌田種曽我（かぞえうたたうえそが）
中村
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
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.