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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô III as the Thunder God (Raijin), an incarnation of Sugawara Michizane


三代目市川海老蔵の雷神
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1773 (An'ei 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.4 x 14 cm (11 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18570
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
中村
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.