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Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as Ohan


瀬川菊之丞
Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.7 x 13.5 cm (12 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25179
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (second feature, 1 of 3 on alternate days): Ohan Chôemon Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami
Play (main feature): Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
The main feature opened in the 2nd month and ran to the 4th month. Beginning in the 3rd month, the second feature consisted of three different romantic dance plays rotating in a three-day cycle.

おはん長右衛門 道行瀬川の仇浪(おはんちょうえもんみちゆきせがわのあだなみ)
劇所花万代曽我(かぶきのはなばんだいそが)
市村
Signed Shunjô ga
春常画
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.