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「工藤左衛門祐経 市川高麗蔵」（二代目）
Actor Ichikawa Komazô II as Kudô Saemon Suketsune
「工藤左衛門祐経 市川高麗蔵」（二代目）
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30 x 13.6 cm (11 13/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19209
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #1; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #266 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #289, pl. 159; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #6, pl. I
DescriptionPlay: Haru wa Soga Akebono-zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
春曽我曙草紙（はるのそがあけぼのぞうし）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
春曽我曙草紙（はるのそがあけぼのぞうし）
中村
Signed
Torii Kiyonaga ga
鳥居清長画
鳥居清長画
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.
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.