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Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Chibanosuke and Bandô Hikosaburô I as Tezuka no Tarô


「ちばのすけ 沢村宗十郎」(初代)、「てづかの太郎 坂東彦三郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Ogawaya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1745 (Enkyô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.2 x 14.4 cm (12 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13214
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0221
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
絵師鳥居清信筆
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.