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Actors Nakamura Shichisaburô II and Segawa Kikujirô I


「中村七三郎」、「瀬川菊次郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Nakajimaya Izaemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1744 (Kanpô 4/Enkyô 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.8 x 14.5 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13246
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0210
DescriptionPlay: Kachû Taiheiki
Theater: Nakamura
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.