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Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as Akitsushima


三代目大谷広治の秋津嶋
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.6 x 13.5 cm (12 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18615
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sekitori Ichi no Torii
Theater: Nakamura
関取一ノ鳥居(せきとりいちのとりい)
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.