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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII (as Kudô?)


「市村羽左衛門」(八代目)
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Publisher: Nishiki (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1760s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.4 x 13.5 cm (11 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19200
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
InscriptionsPoem: Tsukihiboshi/ ... no uguisu ya/ sanga no shô
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.