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Actor Yoshizawa Iroha as Yosooi-hime


芳沢いろはの粧ひ姫
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.5 cm (11 5/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18724
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.18724 (left), 21.4243 (right), 54.481 (center); no VR

Shosa: Kigoto no Hana Koi no Ukifune
Play: Kiku Jidô Shuen no Iwaya
Theater: Morita
樹花恋渡舟(きごとのはなこいのうきふね)
菊児童酒宴岩屋(きくじどうしゅえんのいわや)
森田
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
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.