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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II as Shinozuka Gorô


「しのつか五郎 市川海老蔵」(二代目)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1742 (Kanpô 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic filings
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.7 x 15.2 cm (12 1/2 x 6 in. )
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13217
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0194; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #91; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 83
DescriptionPlay (kaomise): Gaijin Taiheiki
Theater: Kawarazaki
鎧陣太平記(がいじんたいへいき)
河原崎
Signed Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
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.