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女形の役者
Unidentified Actor in Female Role
女形の役者
Shôkôsai (Japanese, active 1795–1809)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798 (Kansei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock/stencil print (kappazuri); ink on paper, with stenciled color
Dimensions
17.4 x 9.4 cm (6 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26559
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 87
Signed
(this picture unsigned)
無款
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.
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.