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Akoya's Torture by Koto, Presented by the House of Manjiya Sasuke: Kakeo as Shigetada, Sakichi as Iwanaga, and Kashiku as Akoya, from the series Niwaka Festival Skits by the Geisha of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô geisha Niwaka kyôgen zukushi)

Akoya's Torture by Koto, Presented by the House of Manjiya Sasuke: Kakeo as Shigetada, Sakichi as Iwanaga, and Kashiku as Akoya, from the series Niwaka Festival Skits by the Geisha of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô geisha Niwaka kyôgen zukushi)

(Japanese, 1735–1790)
(Japanese)
about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban; 25.3 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19573
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.