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Actors Sanjô Kantarô II and Ichimura Takenojô IV


「三条勘太郎」(二代目)、「市村竹之丞」(四代目)
Torii Kiyotada I (Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
Publisher: Komatsuya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1719 (Kyôho 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.1 x 15.3 cm (12 1/4 x 6 in. )
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13273
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1297; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #108; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 27
DescriptionTheater: Ichimura
Signed Torii Kiyotada hitsu
鳥居清忠筆
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.