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大谷広次のこくせんや
Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as the Candy-seller Kokusen-ya
大谷広次のこくせんや
Japanese
Edo period
about 1717 (Kyôho 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and metallic powder
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.1 x 16.4 cm (13 1/16 x 6 7/16 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13165
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0005; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #27
DescriptionProbably from the play "Kokusenya Takarabune"
Signed
Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
鳥居清信筆
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.
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.