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顔見世狂言興行劇場前
Entrance of a Kabuki Theater at the Season-Opening Performance (Kaomise kyôgen)
顔見世狂言興行劇場前
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786–87 (Tenmei 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 26.1 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14930-1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1987), pl. 102 (complete triptych); Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), pls. 107-9 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.14930 (left), 11.1431 (right)
Signed
Shun'ei ga (on each sheet)
春英画
春英画
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.