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Actor Arashi Sangorô II as Asahina


二代目嵐三五郎の朝比奈
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1773 (An'ei 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 14.1 cm (12 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18601
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #248
DescriptionPlay: Iro Maki-e Soga no Sakazuki
Theater: Morita
色蒔絵曽我羽觴(いろまきえそがのさかづき)
森田
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
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.