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「芙蓉不及美人粧 玉屋内 花紫」
Hibiscus Flowers Cannot Compare to Her Beauty (Fuyô oyobazu bijin no yosooi): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya
「芙蓉不及美人粧 玉屋内 花紫」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26.1 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17873
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), list #282 (triptych; no photo)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
The title of the triptych is a line from a Chinese poem by Wang Changling (698-756).
The title of the triptych is a line from a Chinese poem by Wang Changling (698-756).
Signed
Ôkô Eisen ga
応好英泉画
応好英泉画
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.