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Ekanban Nue shigedô sakiwake yûsha
絵看板 鵺重藤咲分勇者
Theater signboard depicting scenes from the play Nue shigedô sakiwake yûsha e
Ekanban Nue shigedô sakiwake yûsha
絵看板 鵺重藤咲分勇者
Attributed to: Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Japanese
Edo period
1767 (Meiwa 4)
Medium/Technique
Panel; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 186.9 x 90.5 cm (73 9/16 x 35 5/8 in.)
Image: 179 x 82.7 cm (70 1/2 x 32 9/16 in.)
Image: 179 x 82.7 cm (70 1/2 x 32 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7523
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 23; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 163(1)
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.