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「風流美人揃 つる屋内 かしく」
Kashiku of the Tsuruya, from the series Array of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô bijin soroe)
「風流美人揃 つる屋内 かしく」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–23 (Bunsei 1–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
A similar series with the same title but a different publisher: Kondo, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), cat. no. 351
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal
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.