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Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Zenjibô, Actually Dainichibô


二代目市川門之助の大日坊
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 15 cm (12 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18872
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #532
DescriptionPlay: Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
江戸富士陽曽我(えどのふじわかやぎそが)
中村
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.