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Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Komurasaki of the Miuraya (R) and Ôtani Tomoemon I as Uzura Gonbei (L)


三代目瀬川菊之丞お三浦屋小紫  初代大谷友右衛門の鶉権兵衛
Katsukawa Shunjô (Japanese, died in 1787)
Japanese
Edo period
1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban diptych; 30.5 x 29.5 cm (12 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18445, 11.26670
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych: 11.18445 (right), 11.26670 (left)

Play: Muromachi Dono Eiga Butai
Theater: Ichimura
室町殿栄華舞台
市村
Signed Shunjô ga (on each sheet)
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.