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「青楼仁和嘉全盛遊 鳥合弥生寿（とりあわせやよいのことぶき）」
Birds Compete to Celebrate the New Year (Toriawase Yayoi no kotobuki), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
「青楼仁和嘉全盛遊 鳥合弥生寿（とりあわせやよいのことぶき）」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.2 x 23.7 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15043
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNames of the players: Ika, Tora, Hide, Saku, Yama, Tame, Nobu, Hono, Tei, Tori
Signed
Minemaro hitsu
峰麿筆
峰麿筆
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.