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Actor Onoe Kikugorô I as Soga no Gorô


「そがの五郎 尾上菊五郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Nakajimaya Izaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1753 (Hôreki 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.6 x 14 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The other print of the pair: Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0753
DescriptionPair: 11.13314 (right) and 11.13315 (left)

Play: Haru Fukami Iroha Soga
Theater: Ichimura
春深以呂波曽我(はるふかみいろはそが)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆
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.