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遊女集 「玉屋内 吾妻 つまは つまい」
Azuma of the Tamaya, kamuro Tsumaba and Tsumai, from an untitled series of five courtesans
遊女集 「玉屋内 吾妻 つまは つまい」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–13 (Bunka 6–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.6 cm (14 3/4 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17832
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), pentaptych list, p. 319, #11, cat. no. 475, and color plate
DescriptionThe five prints in the series can be assembled as an optional pentaptych.
MFA prints in the series: 11.17831, 11.17832, RES.50.88
MFA prints in the series: 11.17831, 11.17832, RES.50.88
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.