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「象引」 「山上源内左エ門 市川団十郎」（初代）、「鈴鹿の皇子 山中平九郎」（初代）
Pulling the Elephant (Zôbiki): Ichikawa Danjûrô I as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon and Yamanaka Heikurô I as Prince Suzuka (Suzuka no Ôji)
「象引」 「山上源内左エ門 市川団十郎」（初代）、「鈴鹿の皇子 山中平九郎」（初代）
After: Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Signed: Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Signed: Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Japanese
Meiji–Shôwa era reproduction of Edo-period design
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
69.8 x 26 cm (27 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession NumberRES.48.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The original print: Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), pl. 108 (Nelson-Atkins Mus.)
DescriptionThe original print, actually by Kiyomasu rather than Kiyonobu, shows a performance of 1701. A copy by Torii Kiyomine (Kiyomitsu II) was issued by Emiya, the same publisher as the original, in 1812; see Chiba Mus., Shoki ukiyo-e ten (2016), 3109.
The publisher of this reproduction: Sakai Kôkodô, a Tokyo bookstore founded in 1870.
酒井好古堂
The publisher of this reproduction: Sakai Kôkodô, a Tokyo bookstore founded in 1870.
酒井好古堂
Signed
Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
鳥居清信筆
鳥居清信筆
ProvenanceBy 1948, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1948, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 13, 1948)