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Memorial Portrait of Actor Arashi Rikan II

(Japanese, active 1824–1841)
1837 (Tenpô 8), 6th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36056
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Memorial Portrait of Actor Arashi Rikan II
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