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Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Kuzunoha


四代目岩井半四郎の葛葉
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.3 x 15 cm (12 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18782
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami
Theater: Nakamura
芦屋道満大内鑑(あしやどうまんおおうちかがみ)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Marks Collector's seal: unidentified
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.