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Memorial Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II (=Danjûrô II) as the Medicine Peddler (Uiro-uri)


「市川海老蔵」(二代目) 外郎売
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770 (Meiwa 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.3 x 14.9 cm (11 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18559
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #91, pl. 37; Ukiyo-e shûka 13 (1981), Brussels pl. 60; Ukiyo-e zenshû 5 (1957), pl. 26; Gookin cat. #32
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18559, 11.18564
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Marks Artist's seal: Rin (in jar shape)
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.