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「近江小藤太 山本京四郎」（初代）、「京小次郎 沢村宗十郎」（初代）
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Kyô no Kojirô and Yamamoto Kyôshirô I as Ômi no Kotôda
「近江小藤太 山本京四郎」（初代）、「京小次郎 沢村宗十郎」（初代）
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Or: Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Or: Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Japanese
Edo period
1740 (Genbun 5), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.8 x 15 cm (12 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13283
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0173 (under Kiyonobu II)
DescriptionDamage in the area of the signature makes the attribution uncertain.
Yamamoto Kyôshirô I was a Kamigata actor who performecd in Edo in 1729-30 and again in 1739-40.
Play: Himekazari Nishiki Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Yamamoto Kyôshirô I was a Kamigata actor who performecd in Edo in 1729-30 and again in 1739-40.
Play: Himekazari Nishiki Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyo(-masu? -nobu?) hitsu
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.
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.