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三代目瀬川菊之丞の覚寿 四代目岩井半四郎の菅丞相
Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Kakuju (R) and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Kan Shôjô (L)
三代目瀬川菊之丞の覚寿 四代目岩井半四郎の菅丞相
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1788 (Tenmei 8), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban diptych; 29.5 x 25.8 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18297, 11.18361
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.18297 (right), 11.18361 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.18297VR (11.18297, 11.18361; complete diptych), 21.4275 (R only)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Kiri
菅原伝授手習鑑（すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ）
桐
MFA impressions: 11.18297VR (11.18297, 11.18361; complete diptych), 21.4275 (R only)
Play: Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
Theater: Kiri
菅原伝授手習鑑（すがわらでんじゅてならいかがみ）
桐
Signed
Shunkô ga (on each sheet)
春好画
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.