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「ぎをんおとり」
Gion Festival Dance (Gion odori): Twelve Actors
「ぎをんおとり」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1763 (Hôreki 13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal hosoban; 14.1 x 30.7 cm (5 9/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30404
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 1531
DescriptionThe actors include Ichikawea Danjûrô, Ichimura Uzaemon, Onoe Kikugorô, Bandô Hikosaburô, Nakamura Sukegorô, etc.
Signed
Torii Kiyotsune hitsu
鳥居清経筆
鳥居清経筆
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.