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「新吉原八景 楼上の秋の月 丸海老屋内江川」
Autumn Moon over the Brothel (Rôjô no aki no tsuki): Egawa of the Maru-Ebiya, from the series Eight Views in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara hakkei)
「新吉原八景 楼上の秋の月 丸海老屋内江川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821–22 (Bunsei 4–5)
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 Number11.17900
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #45
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
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.