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Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Renseibô


二代目市川門之助の蓮成坊
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.2 x 14.5 cm (11 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18869
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; 11.18868 is the left sheet.

Play (finale of part 2): Mata Saku Hana Musume Dôjô-ji
Play (main feature): Edo no Hana Mimsau Soga
Theater: Nakamura
再咲花娘道成寺(またさくはなむすめどうじょうじ)、2番目切狂言
江戸花三升曽我(えどのはなみますそが)
中村
1783、癸卯、天明03、04・08
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.