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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Ume no Yoshibei


三代目沢村宗十郎の梅の由兵衛
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japanese
Edo period
1796 (Kansei 8), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.3 x 13.8 cm (11 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18390
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.18389 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.18390

Play: Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi
Theater: Kiri
隅田春妓女容性(すだのはるげいしゃかたぎ)

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.