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Actors Arashi Wakano II as Sakura no mae and Tsuyama Tomozô I as Takebe Genzô


「さくらの前 嵐若の」(二代目)、初代津山友蔵の武部源蔵
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Okumuraya
Japanese
Edo period
1752 (Hôreki 2), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 14.4 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13321
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0747
DescriptionPlay: Ume Sakura Ninin Semimaru
Theater: Ichimura
梅桜仁蝉丸(うめさくらににんせみまる)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
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.