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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke II in a Farewell Performance (Onagori kyôgen) as the Ghost (Bôrei) of Hôkaibô


「御名残狂言 法界坊亡霊 沢村源之助」(二代目)
Ganjôsai Kunihiro (Japanese, active about 1815–1843)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1828 (Bunsei 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.8 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36011
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 97
DescriptionPlay: Sumidagawa Gonichi Omokage
Theater: Wakadayû
隅田川続俤(すみだがわごにちおもかげ)
若太夫
Signed Kunihiro ga
国広画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.