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Actor Segawa Kikujirô I as Ôiso no Tora


「大いそうのとら 瀬川菊次郎」(初代)
Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Masuya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1734 (Kyôhô 19), 1st month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-pplied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 29.8 x 15 cm (11 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19097
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0571; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 99
DescriptionPlay: Nanakusa Nigiwai Soga
Theater: Ichimura
七種繁曽我( ななくさにぎわいそが)
市村
享保19 · 01・02
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.