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Actor Nakajima Mihoemon II as Kanpera Monbei


二代目中島三甫右衛門のかんぺら門兵衛
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1776 (An'ei 5), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.6 x 14.9 cm (12 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18802
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.18792 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.18802

Play: Sukeroku Yukari no Hatsu Sakura
Theater: Ichimura
助六由縁はつ桜(すけろくゆかりのはつさくら)
市村
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.