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「青楼美人三曲」
Concert of Three Instruments by Beauties of the Yoshiwara (Seirô bijin sankyoku)
「青楼美人三曲」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 24.7 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17830
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), triptych list #19? (no photo)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych; 11.26682 is the left sheet of the trpitych.
MFA impressions: 11.17830, 11.26681
Unidentified publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 11.17830, 11.26681
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Kiku Eizan hitsu
菊英山筆
菊英山筆
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.