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Actors Bandô Hikosaburô II and Segawa Kichiji II in a Kaomise Performance


「坂東彦三郎」(二代目)、「瀬川吉次」(二代目) 「顔みせ」
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Japanese
Edo period
1753 (Hôreki 3), 11th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.6 x 14.3 cm (11 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13446
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1771
DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
Signed Hôgetsudô Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shôhitsu
方月堂奥村文角政信正筆
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.