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「青楼三極妖婦人」 見立て玉藻の前ヵ
Three Strange Women of the Yoshiwara (Seirô san gokuyô fujin)
「青楼三極妖婦人」 見立て玉藻の前ヵ
Kitagawa Shinkô (Masaatsu) (Japanese, active 1807-09)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Eiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 6), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.5 cm (14 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15027
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the set: British Museum 1902,0212,0.224 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1902-0212-0-224
DescriptionThe paper has a strange color and texture, but the print appears to be genuine.
Probably the left sheet of a triptych showing present-day courtesans representing the wicked fox woman who caused trouble in India, China, and Japan; the woman in this sheet imitates her Japanese incarnation, Tamamo no mae. The related print in the British Museum may be the center sheet of the triptych, with a circular inset of a figure labeled Dakki, the name of the evil imperial concubine who was the fox spirit in China. The British Museum print has the censor's seal "Hare 9," i.e. the 9th month of 1807. Hokusai's prints of the fox story (see RES.54.37) were also published in 1807.
Probably the left sheet of a triptych showing present-day courtesans representing the wicked fox woman who caused trouble in India, China, and Japan; the woman in this sheet imitates her Japanese incarnation, Tamamo no mae. The related print in the British Museum may be the center sheet of the triptych, with a circular inset of a figure labeled Dakki, the name of the evil imperial concubine who was the fox spirit in China. The British Museum print has the censor's seal "Hare 9," i.e. the 9th month of 1807. Hokusai's prints of the fox story (see RES.54.37) were also published in 1807.
Signed
Shinkô hitsu (or Masaatsu hitsu)
真厚筆
真厚筆
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.