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Kisegawa of the Matsubaya as a Heavenly Musician


「松葉屋内 喜瀬川」
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797–1800 (Kansei 9–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14900
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #56; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 446, list no. A124 (right sheet)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed Eishô ga
栄昌画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.