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Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as Marukibashi Chûbei


「丸木ばし忠兵衛 大谷広次」
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 32.5 x 15.6 cm (12 13/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13303
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #6; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0511
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.