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Actor Sawamura Kunitarô II as Ushiwakamaru


「牛若丸 沢村国太郎」(二代目)
Gigadô Ashiyuki (Japanese, active about 1814–1835)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1827 (Bunsei 10), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.9 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35008
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 96; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #270
DescriptionPlay: Kachidoki Mibae Genji
Theater: Naka
勝鬨莩源氏

Signed Gigadô Ashiyuki ga
戯画堂芦ゆき画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)

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.