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芝居こま絵 九人役者
Nine Actors in Five Scenes
芝居こま絵 九人役者
Japanese
Edo period
about 1777 (An'ei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal hosoban; 12.8 x 31.3 cm (5 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #330 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #351, pl.165; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #83, pl. IX
DescriptionThe actors, from right: Nakajima Mioemon as Sujaku Tennô, Bandô Matatarô IV, Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Katô Saemonnojô Shigemitsu, Bandô Mitsugorô, Nakamura Tomijûrô, Arashi Sangorô II, Ôtani Hiroji III, Nakamura Rikô as the courtesan Yorikaze, Onoe Matsunojô as Katakai.
Signed
Torii Kiyonaga ga
鳥居清長画
鳥居清長画
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.