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Akashi of the Tamaya, from an untitled series of courtesans


遊女集 「玉屋内 明石」
Hishikawa Ryûkoku (Japanese, active about 1801–1829)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18080
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), pl. 204 (WAM); another print in the series: Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #184
DescriptionMFA prints in the series: 11.14957, 11.18080
Signed Shungyôsai Ryûkoku hitsu
春暁斎柳谷筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.