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Actor Ichikawa Hakuen II (Ichikawa Danjûrô VII) as Saeda Masaemon


「早枝政右衛門 市川白猿」(二代目)
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Publisher: Shôhonya Seishichi (Honsei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Kasuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35340
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #178
DescriptionPlay: Keisei Setsugekka
Theater: Kado
けいせい雪月花

Signed Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
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.