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Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Yaoya Oshichi and Bando Hikosaburô II as Koshô Kichisaburô


「八百屋お七 瀬川菊之丞」(二代目)、「小姓吉三郎 坂東彦三郎」(二代目)
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Matsumura Yahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1761 (Hôreki 11), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.1 x 14 cm (11 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19021
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #12; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0935
DescriptionPlay: Fude Tsubana Yaoya Oshichi
Theater: Ichimura
筆葽八百屋お七(ふでつばなやおやおしち)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
鳥居清満筆
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.