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Actor Onoe Kikugorô I as Soga Tarô


曽我太郎 「尾上菊五郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active 1737–1776)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon
Japanese
Edo period
1755 (Hôreki 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.1 x 14.3 cm (12 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19069
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1421
DescriptionPlay: Kashiwa-ga-tôge Kichirei no Sumô
Theater: Ichimura
柏峠吉例相撲(かしわがとうげきちれいのすもう)
市村
Signed Torii Kiyohiro hitsu
鳥居清広筆
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.