Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as a courtesan in summer attire – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as a courtesan in summer attire

Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as a courtesan in summer attire

三代目瀬川菊之丞の遊女

Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)

Japanese

Edo period

early 1780s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 13.7 cm (12 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6048

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #716; related print: TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #1269

Signed Shunjô ga
春常画

ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.