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四代目市川団十郎の仙人、記ノ名虎ヵ、天竺徳兵衛ヵ
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as Tenjiku Tokubei (?)
四代目市川団十郎の仙人、記ノ名虎ヵ、天竺徳兵衛ヵ
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1768 (Meiwa 5), 8th month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.4 x 15.4 cm (11 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18556
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #74, pl. 28; Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), Rijksmuseum pl. 126; Yamamura & Machida, Shibai nishiki-e shûsei (1919), #124 (as Ichikawa Danzô III)
DescriptionPlay: Tenjiku Tokubei Kokyô no Torikaji (Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm Toward Home)
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵衛故郷取舵（てんじくとくべいこきょうのとりかじ）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
天竺徳兵衛故郷取舵（てんじくとくべいこきょうのとりかじ）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
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.
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.