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三代目大谷広治 二代目中村助五郎
Actors Ôtani Hiroji III (R) and Nakamura Sukegorô II (L)
三代目大谷広治 二代目中村助五郎
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1779 (An'ei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 31.6 x 27.8 cm (12 7/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18406-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 013-0105 (L only, no date); Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #572 (L only, approx. date)
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18406 (right), 11.18407 (left)
Signed
Katsukawa Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
勝川春好画
勝川春好画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: 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.