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Actor Arashi Rikan II as Miyamoto Tomijirô, Later (nochi ni) Musashi


「宮本友治郎 後無三四 嵐璃寛」(二代目)
Sekkôtei Hokumyô (Japanese, active 1830–1837)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaji
Blockcutter: Kasuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.8 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35329
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p.99
DescriptionPlay: Katakiuchi Nitô Eiyûki
Theater: Ônishi
Signed Shunpusai Hokumyô ga
春婦斎北妙画
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kasuke
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.