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Actors Iwai Hanshirô IV (R) and Ichikawa Yaozô III (L)


四代目岩井半四郎  三代目市川八百蔵
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 29.3 x 27.8 cm (11 9/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18206, 34.375
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18206 (right), 34.375 (left)
Signed Shun'ei ga (on left sheet)
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.