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The Jewel River of Mount Kôya: Sugawara of the Tsuruya, from the series Famous Courtesans for the Six Jewel Rivers (Seirô meikun Mu Tamagawa)


「青楼名君六玉川 鶴屋 菅原」 (高野の玉川)
Katsukawa Shunkô II (Shunsen) (Japanese, 1762–about 1830)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17987
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #1311
Signed Katsukawa Shunsen hitsu
勝川春扇筆
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Hare 3
改印:極、卯
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.