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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Hayano Kanpei


三代目沢村宗十郎の早野勘平
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 28.2 x 14.6 cm (11 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25185
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
仮名手本忠臣蔵
中村
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.