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座敷万歳を見る貴婦人
Ladies Watching a Manzai Performance at a Mansion
座敷万歳を見る貴婦人
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791–95 (Kansei 3–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.2 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14828
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 170 (complete); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), fig. 76 (complete)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych. The left sheet: 11.14829.
The center sheet of the complete triptych in Brussels and Berlin shows manzai dancers; however, Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #475, appears to be an alternate center sheet for the triptych, showing the child sumô wrestler Daidôzan Bungorô.
The center sheet of the complete triptych in Brussels and Berlin shows manzai dancers; however, Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #475, appears to be an alternate center sheet for the triptych, showing the child sumô wrestler Daidôzan Bungorô.
Signed
Chôki ga
長喜画
長喜画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.