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「扇屋内 花扇 玉屋内 花紫」
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya and Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya
「扇屋内 花扇 玉屋内 花紫」
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 31.7 x 22 cm (12 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14342
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The right sheet: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Chester Beatty pl. 67
DescriptionCenter sheet of an incomplete triptych showing leading courtesans in a private dramatic performance. The right sheet, in the Chester Beatty Library, shows Hinazuru of the Chôjiya.
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.