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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke I as Minamoto Yorimitsu


源の頼光朝臣 「沢村源之助」(初代)
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 16.8 x 10.7 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25700
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly from the same sheet: 11.25738 (TR), 11.25724 (TL), 11.25714 (BR), 11.25700 (BL)

Play (shosa): Osana Asobi Iro to Yûgao
Play: Iro Soyuru Nidai Genji
Theater: Ichimura
童遊色夕顔(おさなあそびいろとゆうがお)
松二代源氏(いろそゆるにだいげんじ)
市村
Signed Shuntei ga
春亭画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
No publisher's mark
改印:極
版元:なし
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.