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Actors Arashi Otohachi II (R) and Segawa Kikunojô III (L)


二代目嵐音八 三代目瀬川菊之丞
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.4 x 29.6 cm (11 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18416-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDIptych: 11.18416 (left), 11.18417 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.18416-7 (complete diptych), 21.6092 (right sheet only)

Otohachi II played in Edo from fall 1783 to fall 1797.
Signed Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
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.