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「東都名所八景 二町まちの顔見世」
Opening Performance in the Theater District (Nichô-machi no kaomise), from the series Eight Views of Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho hakkei)
「東都名所八景 二町まちの顔見世」
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17739
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #115 (this design not listed); other prints in the series: cat. nos. 254-5
DescriptionThe complete series: 11.17735 to 11.17742.
Nichô-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.
Nichô-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
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
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.