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Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Fox Okiku (Okiku-gitsune)


三代目瀬川菊之丞のお菊狐
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.4 x 14.9 cm (11 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18812
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Tsurigitsune Hana no Kakewana
Theater: Nakamura
釣狐花設罠(つりぎつねはなのかけわな)
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.