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「浮世名異女図会 東都 弐丁町風」 「芝居の光景」
View of Theaters (Shibai no kôkei); Style of Nichô-machi in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Nichô-machi fû), from the series Pictorial Gathering of Remarkable Women of the Floating World (Ukiyo meijo zue)
「浮世名異女図会 東都 弐丁町風」 「芝居の光景」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821 (Bunsei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ushiyama, Kunisada hyakusen gashû, zokuhen (1928), #21; the series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-22
DescriptionNichô-machi, literally "Two Districts," was a nickname for the theater district of Edo (also called shibai-machi) because it overlapped two different administrative units, Sakai-chô and Fukiya-chô.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
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.