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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Ôgishi Kunai


「沢村宗十郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1735 (Kyôhô 20), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.2 x 15.1 cm (12 11/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13302
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0579; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #97
DescriptionPlay: Yoroi-zakura Kokyô no Nishiki
Theater: Nakamura
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆
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.