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「青楼名君合 岡本屋内しけおか」 「青楼名君合 大文字屋内ひともと」 「青楼名君合 扇屋内華あふき」
Shigeoka of the Okamotoya (R), Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya (C), and Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (L), from the series Contest of Famous Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Seirô meikun awase)
「青楼名君合 岡本屋内しけおか」 「青楼名君合 大文字屋内ひともと」 「青楼名君合 扇屋内華あふき」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, left sheet of triptych; 37.7 x 25.3 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17743
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series (?): Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #88 (these designs not listed)
DescriptionThree prints from the same series arranged to form a triptych: 11.17743 (left sheet), 11.17757 (right sheet), 20.86 (center sheet); no VR.
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.