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「けわい坂のせう／＼ 嵐小伊三」
Actor Arashi Koisa as Kewaizaka no Shôshô, with a child attendant
「けわい坂のせう／＼ 嵐小伊三」
Japanese
Edo period
1730 (Kyôhô 15), 1st month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 27.7 x 15.5 cm (10 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19148
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0542
DescriptionPlay: Hanabiraki Takara Soga (?)
Theater: Nakamura
花開宝曽我
中村
Theater: Nakamura
花開宝曽我
中村
Signed
Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆
鳥居清倍筆
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.
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.