Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Kiyomi Muneuchi and Sanjô Kantarô II as Fuseya
Okumura Toshinobu
(Japanese, active about 1717–1750)
1729 (Kyôhô 14)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 30.9 x 15.6 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.13221
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
Okumura Toshinobu
Okumura Toshinobu
about 1723 (Kyôhô 8)
Okumura Toshinobu
Okumura Toshinobu
1734 (Kyôhô 19), 7th month
