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初代坂東三津五郎の安の平兵衛
Actor Bandô Mitsugorô I as An no Heibei
初代坂東三津五郎の安の平兵衛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.6 x 13 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18827
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #435 (three sheets of the pentaptych)
DescriptionOne sheets of incomplete pentaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18827 (one sheet, same as 21.4191), 21.4191-2 (two sheets)
Main play: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Additional play, added in the 2nd month: Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
初紋日郭曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
五人男（ごにんおとこ）
中村
MFA impressions: 11.18827 (one sheet, same as 21.4191), 21.4191-2 (two sheets)
Main play: Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Additional play, added in the 2nd month: Gonin Otoko
Theater: Nakamura
初紋日郭曽我（はつもんびくるわそが）
五人男（ごにんおとこ）
中村
Signed
Shunshô ga
春章画
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.
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.