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Actor Ôtani Hiroji III as a wrestler


三代目大谷広次
Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1786-89 (Tenmei 6–Kansei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.5 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.472
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 5 (three sheets of five, not including this one)
DescriptionCenter right sheet of incomplete pentaptych.

MFA impressions: 54.472 (one sheet, = 11.?), 11.18939VR (set of five sheets)
Signed Shunshô ga
春章画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)