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「色道取組十二番」 一
A Party in the Yoshiwara, Sheet 1 of the series Twelve Bouts of Lovemaking (Shikidô tokkumi jûni-tsugai)
「色道取組十二番」 一
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
1775 (An'ei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.3 x 37.8 cm (9 9/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13474
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 172, #41; Hockley 2003, p. 287, #22-1; Hayashi & Lane, Ukiyo-e shunga meihin shûsei 3 (1996), pl. 1; Mainichi shinbunsha, Ukiyo-e daiten (exh. cat., 1969), #36
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.732, 11.13474, *11.40132 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.8310
Signed
Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
湖龍斎画
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.