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Actor Ichikawa Danzô IV as the Palanquin Carrier Tarobei, Actually Arakawa Tarô Taketada


四代目市川団蔵の駕籠かき太郎兵衛実は荒川太郎たけ定
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1782 (Tenmei 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 13.5 cm (11 5/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18866
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode
Theater: Nakamura
五代源氏貢振袖(ごだいげんじみつぎのふりそで)
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.