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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Yukihira


三代目沢村宗十郎の行平
Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.2 x 14.8 cm (11 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18444
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature): Yamatogana Ariwara Keizu
Play (main feature): Kuruwa-gayoi Komachi Soga
Theater: Nakamura
倭仮名在原系図(やまとがなありわらけいず)、2番目切狂言、4段目迄
色里透小町曽我(くるわがよいこまちそが)
中村
1781、辛丑、天明01、05・25
Signed Shunjô ga
春常画
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.