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浮絵 新吉原夕暮図
Perspective View of Evening at the New Yoshiwara (Uki-e Shin Yoshiwara yûgure no zu)
浮絵 新吉原夕暮図
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26 x 36.1 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #5 (with yellow sky and full information)
DescriptionTitle, signature, and mark of publisher Matsumura Yahei in right margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed
(Utagawa Toyoharu ga, in right margin, cut off of this impression)
（歌川豊春画）
（歌川豊春画）
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.