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Actor Arashi Sankatsu I as Kanamuraya Osan in Soga Hiiki Nihon Sakura


「曽我贔屓日本花王(そがひいきにほんさくら) かなむらやおさん あらし三勝」(初代)
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Ôgiya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1762 (Hôreki 12), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.2 x 14.2 cm (12 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19015
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0968
DescriptionPlay: Soga-biiki Nihon Sakura
Theater: Nakamura
曽我贔屓日本花王、曽我贔屓二本桜(そがびいきにほんざくら)
中村
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
Marks Unidentified publisher's mark.
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.