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Actor Yamashita Kyônosuke


「山下京之助」
Torii Kiyotsune (Japanese, active 1757–1779)
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.2 x 13.8 cm (11 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1597
DescriptionPlay: Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji (?)
Theater: Nakamura (?)
倭花小野五文字(くにのはなおののいつもじ)
中村
Signed Torii Kiyotsune ga
鳥居清経画
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.