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四代松本幸四郎の忠兵衛、初代三桝徳次郎の梅川、富本斎宮太夫、富本久太夫、名見崎徳治 （校合摺）
Actors Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Chûbei and Mimasu Tokujirô I as Umegawa, with chanters Tomimoto Itsukidayû and Tomimoto Hisatayû, and accompanist Namizaki Tokuji
四代松本幸四郎の忠兵衛、初代三桝徳次郎の梅川、富本斎宮太夫、富本久太夫、名見崎徳治 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 26.9 cm (15 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13918
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #65 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #80; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #609, pl. LXXX
DescriptionPlay: Koi no Hikyaku
Theater: Morita
Theater: Morita
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.
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.