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Actor Segawa Kamesaburô as Aburaya Osome


「あふらやお染 瀬川亀三郎」
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17.1 x 11.4 cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25743
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom the same sheet: 11.25711 (TR), 11.25720 (TL), 11.25743 (BR), 11.25699 (BL)

Play: Some Moyô Imose no Kadomatsu
Theater: Nakamura
染模様妹背門松(そめもよういもせのかどまつ)
中村

Signed Shuntei ga
春亭画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.