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Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as Kawazu Saburô


三代目大谷広治の河津三郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1774 (An'ei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18669
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kaomise Ama no Iwato
Theater: Nakamura
顔鏡天岩戸(かおみせあまのいわと)
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.