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「青楼見立三美人 丁子屋 唐琴」 「楊きひさくら」
Three Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô mitate san bijin): Karakoto of the Chôjiya and the Yang Guifei (Yôkihi) Cherry Tree
「青楼見立三美人 丁子屋 唐琴」 「楊きひさくら」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–08 (Kyôwa 1–Bunka 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17828
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), triptych list #27 and cat. no. 395 (right and left sheets of triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
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.