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Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II

(Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 32.9 x 15.5 cm (12 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19167
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as Asahina
Torii Kiyotada I
1733 (Kyôhô 18), 1st month (?)
Actor Ichikawa Masugorô as a Child with a Hobbyhorse
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1719 (Kyôho 4)
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II as a Courtesan with a Boy Attendant
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna
Torii Kiyotada I
1723 (Kyôho 8), 11th month
Actors Sanogawa Mangiku as Imagawa and Fujimura Handayû II
Torii Kiyotada I
1719 (Kyôhô 4), 9th month
Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1718 (Kyôhô 3)
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I
Torii Kiyonobu I
about 1720 (Kyôhô 5)
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I and Sanjô Kantarô II
Torii Kiyonobu I
about 1721 (Kyôhô 6)