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Actors Ôtani Hiroji II as Umebori no Yoshibei and and Segawa Kichiji II as Ageha no Chôkichi


「梅のよし兵衛 大谷広次」(二代目)、「揚羽の長吉 瀬川吉次」(二代目)
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active 1737–1776)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon
Japanese
Edo period
1753 (Hôreki 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.4 x 14.7 cm (11 9/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19065
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Satô, "Kabuki...," in Ukiyo-e geijuitsu 151 (2006), p. 26, fig. 10; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2403
DescriptionPlay: Otokodate Hatsukai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
男伊達初買曽我(おとこだてはつかいそが)
中村
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.