Actor Onoe Tamizô as a Lion

Signed

Gayûken Shun'ô ga 画遊軒春王画

Provenance

By 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.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Japanese, Edo period, 1831 (Tenpô 2), 11th month

• Artist Gayûken Shun'ô, Japanese, active about 1827–1831

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Asia

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