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Actor Arashi Sangorô II in Lion Dance (Shakkyô)


二代目嵐三五郎
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1770-1777

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29 x 13.6 cm (11 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18676
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionArashi Sangorô II was a Kamigata actor who played in Edo from 1770.11 to 1777.9.
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.