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Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô III as Soga no Gorô


「そかの五郎 市川団十郎」(三代目)
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1737 (Genbun 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 27.2 x 14.8 cm (10 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19149
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0599 or 0597
DescriptionPlay: Gozen Sumô Wakayagi Soga
Theater: Kawarazaki
御前角力稚曽我(ごぜんすもうわかやぎそが)
河原崎
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆
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.