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Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tonase


「となせ 山下金作」 (二代目)
Torii Kiyotsune (Japanese, active 1757–1779)
Publisher: Matsumura Yahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1774 (An'ei 3), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 14 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19247
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1633
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Morita
仮名手本忠臣蔵
森田
Signed Kiyotsune ga
清経画
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.