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「新吉原仲之町正面之図」
Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara, Seen from the Front (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô shômen no zu)
「新吉原仲之町正面之図」
Tamagawa Shûchô (Japanese, active about 1790–1803)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.4 x 38.3 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14935
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Tamagawa Shûchô ga
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.