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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Soga no Jûrô


「沢村宗十郎」 (初代沢村宗十郎の曽我の十郎)
Torii Kiyotomo (Japanese, active about 1720–1740)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1721 (Kyôhô 6), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.7 x 15.5 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13294
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1279
DescriptionPlay: Tsuru Kame Osana Soga
Theater: Ichimura
鶴亀稚曽我(つるかめおさなそが)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyotomo hitsu
鳥居清朝筆
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.