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二代目市川門之助の力士 三代目大谷広治の力士 三代目瀬川菊之丞の行事 四代目松本幸四郎の力士 初代坂東三津五郎の力士
Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Sumô Wrestler (R), Ôtani Hiroji III as a Wrestler (CR), Segawa Kikunojô III as a Referee (C), Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as a Wrestler (CL), and Bandô Mitsugorô I as a Wrestler (L)
二代目市川門之助の力士 三代目大谷広治の力士 三代目瀬川菊之丞の行事 四代目松本幸四郎の力士 初代坂東三津五郎の力士
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1786-89 (Tenmei 6–Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban pentaptych; 31.5 x 69 cm (12 3/8 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18939-18940, 11.18977-18979
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 5 (three sheets only)
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.18939 (C), 11.18940 (CR), 11.18977 (L), 11.18978 (R), 11.18979 (CL)
MFA impressions: 54.472 (one sheet, = 11.?), 11.18939VR (set of five sheets)
MFA impressions: 54.472 (one sheet, = 11.?), 11.18939VR (set of five sheets)
Signed
Shunshô ga (on each sheet)
春章画
春章画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.