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Group Shot: 11.16183-6

Imaginary Casting for Five Bold Women (Mitate gonin onna): from right, Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô V as Karigane no Ofumi, Iwai Kumesaburô II as An no Oyasu, Onoe Kikugorô III as Kaminari no Oshô, and Iwai Shijaku I as Gokuin no Osen

(Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
(Japanese)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban tetraptych; 37.7 x 98.1 cm (14 13/16 x 38 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.16183-6
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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: 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.