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三味線を弾く歌舞伎役者
Young Kabuki Actor Playing a Shamisen
三味線を弾く歌舞伎役者
Japanese
Edo period
1680s–90s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (tanroku-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Vertical ô-ôban; 58.7 x 31.6 cm (23 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #18; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 53; Michener, Floating World (1954), #2
Signed
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.