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Acrobat Hayazaki Hisakichi Performing


「早崎久吉」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.7 x 14.1 cm (12 1/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19207
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50048539.html ; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #380, pl. 257; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #416, pl. 171; Hirano 1939, #470, pl. VII
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Inscriptions「ふきや町河岸小芝居ニて 早崎久吉 弐本のよしの上をわたり 中ほどにてはしご留めの かるわざ相勤申候」
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.