Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Kumagai Jirô Naozane and Arashi Rikan II as the Maiden Kohagi, Actually Atsumori (Musume Kohagi jitsu wa Atsumori)
Shunshôsai Hokuju
(Japanese, active about 1828–1836)
1835 (Tenpô 6), 11th month
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.1 cm (14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.35331
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.
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.
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