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Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô II, aka Shozan, as Fuwa Banzaemon


不破伴左衛門 「沢村宗十郎 曙山」(二代目沢村宗十郎)
Torii Kiyoshige (Japanese, active 1720–1760)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon
Japanese
Edo period
1757 (Hôreki 7), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 38.8 x 16.7 cm (15 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19697
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1346; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #112; Ukiyo-e taisei 3 (1931), #52
DescriptionTheater: Morita
Signed Torii Kiyoshige
鳥居清重
Marks Artist's seal: Kiyoshige
InscriptionsPoem: Ume ni sae/ nan-shi, hoku-shi no/ futagokoro
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.