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Actor Ichimura Kamezô I as Wankyû


「わん久 市村亀蔵」(初代)
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1760 (Hôreki 10), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.9 x 14.5 cm (11 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19001
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0889
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19001, 21.8149

Play: Furiwakegami Suehiro Genji
Theater: Ichimura
振分髪末広源氏(ふりわけがみすえひろげんじ)
市村
宝暦10
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
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.