Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Tsunewakamaru
二代目市川門之助の経若丸
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4), 2nd month
Artist Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), #61; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #66; Ukiyo-e taisei 5 (1930), #241
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32 x 14.6 cm (12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Accession Number
11.18486
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Play: Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
Markings
Artist's seal: Mori uji
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection