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和藤内と虎
Actor (?) as Watônai Fighting the Tiger
和藤内と虎
Japanese
Edo period
1750s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.2 x 13.9 cm (12 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19024
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly a puppet performance rather than a kabuki play.
Play: Kokusen'ya Kassen
国性爺合戦（こくせんやかっせん）
Play: Kokusen'ya Kassen
国性爺合戦（こくせんやかっせん）
Signed
Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
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.
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.