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Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Sutoku-in in 1780 OR as the Ghost of Ôtô no Miya in 1786


初代尾上松助の崇徳院ヵ大塔宮霊ヵ
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month OR 1786 (Tenmei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.2 x 13.4 cm (11 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18337
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Description1780 (An'ei 9), 11th month
Play (kaomise): Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka
Theater: Nakamura

1786 (Tenmei 6), 11th month
Play: Kumoi no Hana Yoshino Wakamusha
Theater: Nakamura

極飜錦壮貌(きてかえるにしきのわかやか)
中村

雲井花吉野壮士(くもいのはなよしののわかむしゃ)
中村
Signed Shunkô ga
春好画
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.