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Actors Nakamura Sukegorô I as Matano Gorô and Onoe Kikugorô I as Soga Tarô


股野五郎 「中村助五郎」(初代)、曽我太郎 「尾上菊五郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Ogawa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1755 (Hôreki 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.8 x 13 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13238
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0333
DescriptionPlay: Kashiwa-ga-tôge Kichirei no Sumô
Theater: Ichimura
柏峠吉例相撲(かしわがとうげきちれいのすもう)
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.