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Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Boatman (Sendô) Matsuemon


「船頭松右衛門 中村歌右衛門」(三代目)
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Publisher: Shioya Chôbei
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35360
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 87
DescriptionPlay: Hiragana Seisuiki
Theater: Naka
ひらかな盛衰記(ひらかなせいすいき)

Signed Shunkô ga
春好画
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.