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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Imagawa Nakaaki and Ichiyama Dengorô as Sasano Saizô


今川仲秋 「市村宇左衛門」(八代目)、笹野才蔵 「市山伝五郎」
Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1740 (Genbun 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.7 x 14.8 cm (12 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19091
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0181
DescriptionPlay: Kichirei Imagawa-jô
Theater: Ichimura
吉例今川状(きちれいいまがわじょう)
市村
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
絵師鳥居清信筆
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.