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「青楼仁和嘉之遊 爰か俄柳の腰月」
Here at the Niwaka Festival, Hips Sway Like Graceful Willows (Koko ga niwaka yanagi no koshitsuki), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô Niwaka no asobi)
「青楼仁和嘉之遊 爰か俄柳の腰月」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808 (Bunka 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34 x 23.4 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14312
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #428 (this design not listed)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
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.