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Actor Segawa Kikunojô II as Katsumoto's Wife (Nyôbô) Ishi no Mai


「かつ元女ほういしのまい 瀬川菊之丞」(二代目)
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Ôgiya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1763 (Hôreki 13), 9th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19032
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1020
DescriptionPlay: Hoshiai Kotoba Higashiyama no Sakae (?)
Theater: Ichimura (?)
星合言葉東山栄(ほしあいことばひがしやまのさかえ)ヵ
市村ヵ
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
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.