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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke II as Kan Shôjô


「菅相丞 沢村源之助」(二代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 26.7 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39481
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), #72
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29997, 11.39481

Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Kawarazaki
菅原伝授手習鑑(すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ)
河原崎
1831、天保02、09・11
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「行く秋や天神七代われ二代 訥升」
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.