Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Kiyomi Muneuchi and Sanjô Kantarô II as Fuseya

Okumura Toshinobu (Japanese, active about 1717–1750)

Okumuraya

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

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ClassificationsPrints

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.