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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô as the Pilgrim Ryôzan, actually Abe Sadato


市川鰕蔵の廻国修業者良山、実は安部貞任
Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.5 x 15.8 cm (12 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25137
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #166; MFA, Golden Age (2010), #111; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #84; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #89; Henderson & Ledoux, #84
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25137, 21.7257

Play: Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue
Theater: Kiri
男山御江戸盤石(おとこやまおえどのいしずえ)

Signed Sharaku ga
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.