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二代市川海老の影清、大谷龍左衛門ヵの蟹
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô II as Kagekiyo and Ôtani Ryûzaemon (?) as a Crab
二代市川海老の影清、大谷龍左衛門ヵの蟹
Japanese
Edo period
1741 (Genbun 6/Kanpô 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31 x 15.3 cm (12 3/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19096
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0184; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 81
DescriptionPlay: Na no Hana Akebono Soga
Theater: Nakamura
菜花曙曽我（なのはなあけぼのそが）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
菜花曙曽我（なのはなあけぼのそが）
中村
Signed
Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
鳥居清信筆
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.
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.