Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Gorô Sharpening the Arrow (Yanone Gorô)
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
(Japanese, 1787–1868)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21.5 x 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20090
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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.
![Congratulations (Kotobuki) to the Ichikawa Family [crest]! History of the Ichikawa Line (Edo Ichikawa ryû), Portrait of Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô I, and List of the Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki kyôgen kumi Jûhachiban), in Honor of the Name Change of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII to Ebizô and His Son, the Former Ebizô, to Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII, in the Third Month of the Year of the Water Dragon (Mizunoe tatsu, sangatsu, Ichikawa Nanadaime Danjûrô aratame Ebizô, Jisshi Ichikawa Hachidaime Ebizô aratame Danjûrô)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1058852/thumbnail)
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), midsummer
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
1810s
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
about 1815 (Bunka 12)
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
about 1815 (Bunka 12)
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine)
