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Actor Hamamuraya Rokô (Segawa Kikunojô III), from an untitled series


「浜村屋 露孝」(=路考) (三代目瀬川菊之丞)
Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762–1819)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791–93 (Kansei 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 33.2 x 14.5 cm (13 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18243
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1987), pl. 111 (another print in the series; this print mentioned on p. 255)
Description
Signed Shun'ei ga
春英画
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.