Advanced Search 
芝居こま絵 九人役者
Nine Actors in Seven Scenes
芝居こま絵 九人役者
Japanese
Edo period
1776 (An'ei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal hosoban; 14 x 31.8 cm (5 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19218
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #329, pl. 008 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #350, pl. 164; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #82, pl. IX
DescriptionThe actors, from right: Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeô, Matsumoto Kôshirô IV as Kan Shôjô, Iwai Hanshirô V as Sodesuke, Segawa Yûjirô as Fudesuke, Nakamura Nakazô as Uji no Jôetsu, Segawa Kikunojô III as the courtesan Tamagawa, Arashi Sangorô II as Shûya, Ôtani Hiroji III as Juzô, Yamashita Kinsaku II as Shûya's Wife, in various plays at the Ichimura and Morita theaters in the 7th to 9th months of 1776.
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.