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Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Tenjiku Tokubei


「天竺徳兵衛 尾上松助」(初代)
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month; OR 1808 (Bunka 5), intercalary 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 16.3 x 11.3 cm (6 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25742
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPossibly from the same sheet: 11.25742 (TR), 11.25729 (TL), 11.25730 (BR), 11.25723 (BL)

1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month
Play (main feature): Namimakura Ikoku no Kikigaki
Theater: Ichimura
波枕韓聞書(なみまくらいこくのききがき)
市村

OR

1808 (Bunka 5), intercalary 6th month
Play: Eiri Otogi-zôshi
Theater: Ichimura
彩入御伽草(えいりおとぎぞうし)
市村
Signed Shuntei ga
春亭画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.