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Actor Yoshizawa Sakinosuke as Inui no tsubone


「いぬいのつほね 芳沢崎之助」
Torii Kiyotsune (Japanese, active 1757–1779)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.5 x 14.5 cm (12 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19060
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1551
DescriptionPlay: Iro Jôgo Mikumi Soga
Theater: Ichimura
色上戸三組曽我(いろじょうごみくみそが)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyotsune ga
鳥居清経画
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.