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Evening Bell of [Sensô-ji?] ( [Sensô-ji?] no banshô): Courtesans Arranging Flowers, from the series Eight Views of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô hakkei)


「青楼八景 (浅草寺ヵ)の晩鐘」
Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.4 x 18.5 cm (5 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16892
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo prints from the series: 11.16892 (unsigned), 11.16896 (signed)
On both prints, the titles were printed in red and are now faded and partly illegible.
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.