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Actor Nakamura Kumetarô Playing the Shamisen


初代中村粂太郎
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1755 (Hôreki 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.8 x 14.1 cm (12 1/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19009
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0784
DescriptionTitle of scene (?): Kamisuki Imose no Kagami
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
鳥居清満筆
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.