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Great Dance of the Soga Festival (Soga matsuri ô-odori): Fifteen Actors


「曽我まつり大おとり」
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1763 (Hôreki 13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.6 cm (12 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30410
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
北尾重政画
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.