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「皇國二十四功 傾城宮城野妹しのぶ」
The Courtesan Miyagino and Her Younger Sister Shinobu (Keisei Miyagino imôto Shinobu), from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in Imperial Japan (Kôkoku nijûshi kô)
「皇國二十四功 傾城宮城野妹しのぶ」
Japanese
Meiji era
1881 (Meiji 14), April 20
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.8 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #41.6 (no photo)
DescriptionFrom the first edition, published by Tsuda Genshichi; a posthumous edition of the series was published by Matsuki Heikichi in 1895.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi ga
大蘇芳年画
大蘇芳年画
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.