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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Actor Morita Kan'ya VIII as the Palanquin-bearer Uguisu no Jirôsaku


八代目森田勘弥の駕籠舁鶯の次郎作
Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22942
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #73; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #18; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #17
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.22942 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.7253

Play: Katakiuchi Noriaibanashi
Theater: Kiri
敵討乗合話(かたきうちのりあいばなし)

Signed Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画
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.