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七代目市川団十郎の矢の根五郎
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Gorô Sharpening the Arrow (Yanone Gorô)
七代目市川団十郎の矢の根五郎
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21.5 x 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20090
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 289; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #6
DescriptionPoems translated in Bowie et al 1979, p. 18.
Signed
Godaime Kiyomitsu hitsu (Brush of Kiyomitsu, the 5th Generation [of the Torii lineage])
五代目清満筆
五代目清満筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Kiyomitsu
InscriptionsPoem by Aisuro Kakemasu: Uguisu no/ niwa ni mo koe o/ ageshôji/ kakaru tokoro e/ haru no Tokimune
Poem by Jingairô Yukizumi: Ao mono no/ ao uma nare ya/ isamashiku/ ône no muchi ni/ kaburaya no ne wa
Poem by Jingairô Yukizumi: Ao mono no/ ao uma nare ya/ isamashiku/ ône no muchi ni/ kaburaya no ne wa
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.
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.