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Actor Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Ôboshi Yuranosuke


四代目松本幸四郎の大星由良之助
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1790 (Kansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.2 x 14.3 cm (11 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Chûkô Ryôgoku Ori
Theater: Nakamura
忠孝両国織(ちゅうこうりょうごくおり)
中村
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.