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Actor Fujimura Handayû II as Ôiso no Tora


二代目藤村半太夫の大磯の虎
Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1715 (Shôtoku 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions Vertical ô-ôban; 52 x 31.7 cm (20 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.216
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #3; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0414; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #32; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 8; Gunsaulus, AIC cat. I (1955), p. 50, #6
DescriptionPlay: Bandô Ichi Kotobuki Soga
Theater: Nakamura
Signed Torii Kiyomasu
鳥居清倍
Marks Artist's seal: Kiyomasu
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)