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「江都大芝居顔見世狂言惣座中寄初之図」
First Gathering of Actors for the Kaomise Performances at the Great Theaters of Edo (Edo ôshibai kaomise kyôgen sôza chû yorizome no zu)
「江都大芝居顔見世狂言惣座中寄初之図」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 32.3 x 44.7 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #520 (no photo); Tôbu bijutsukan, Edo no hana kabuki-e ten (1999), #33; Kobe City Art Mus., Megane-e to Tôkaidô (1984), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #554, pl. 178; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #691, pl. CI
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.658, 11.20244
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.