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「青楼仁和賀 夜の花姿」
Flowers at Night (Yoru no hana sugata), from the series The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô Niwaka)
「青楼仁和賀 夜の花姿」
Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 33.4 x 22.7 cm (13 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14884
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Katsukawa Shunzan ga
勝川春山画
勝川春山画
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.