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三代目沢村宗十郎
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III
三代目沢村宗十郎
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Or: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Attributed to: Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Or: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1780s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; about 33 × 15.2 cm (13 × 6 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18969
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.18410VR (11.18410, 11.18411, 11.18968), *11.18969 (center sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.18970 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 21.6028-30 (complete)
MFA impressions: 11.18410VR (11.18410, 11.18411, 11.18968), *11.18969 (center sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.18970 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 21.6028-30 (complete)
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.