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Actor Ichikawa Ebizô II as Kagekiyo


「かげ清 市川海老蔵」 (二代目)
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1739 (Genbun 4), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 15.1 x 29.9 cm (5 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13296
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0620; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #99
DescriptionPlay: Kasane Gedatsu no Hachisuba
Theater: Ichimura
累解脱蓮葉(かさねげだつのはちすば)
市村
元文四年七月
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆
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.