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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Courtesan Katsuragi


三代目瀬川菊之丞の傾城かつらぎ
Tôshûsai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794–1795)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.7 x 14.9 cm (12 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19273
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Sharaku (2011), #95; MFA, Golden Age (2010), #102; Dai Sharaku ten (1995), #39; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), list #41
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16494, 11.19273

Play: Keisei Sanbon Karakasa (The Three Parasols of the Courtesan)
Theater: Miyako
けいせい三本傘(けいせいさんぼんからかさ)

Signed Tôshûsai Sharaku ga
東洲斎写楽画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.