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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Kikusui Gozen


二代目山下金作の菊水御前
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1779 (An'ei 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.4 x 13.6 cm (11 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18741
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18741, 20.204

Diptych: 11.18741 or 20.204 (right sheet); 21.4044 (left sheet); no VR

Play: Kaeribana Eiyû Taiheiki
Theater: Nakamura
帰花英雄太平記(かえりばなえいゆうたいへいき)
中村
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.