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Actors Arashi Tominosuke I as Kumoinomae and Ichimura Kamezô I as Raigô Ajari, with musicians


「くもいのまへ 嵐富之介」(初代)、「らいごうあじゃり 市村亀蔵」(初代)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Nakajimaya Izaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1746 (Enkyô 3), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 14.4 cm (12 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13233
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0249; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), fig. 10; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 11 (1982), #36
DescriptionPlay: Chigozakura Futaba Jikki
Theater: Ichimura
児桜莠実記(ちござくらふたばじっき)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
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.