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大黒屋店先に桜と遊女
Courtesans under Cherry Trees in Front of the Daikokuya
大黒屋店先に桜と遊女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789–90 (Kansei 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14408
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #12.1-3, pls. 96-8
DescriptionLeft sheet of an incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14408 (left sheet only), 11.14548-50, 21.7668-70
On this sheet, the names of the courtesan and her attendants are:
Kasugano of the Ôgiya, kamuro Wakana and Kochô, with Harusono, Harukinu, Harukaze, and Harukusa
「扇屋内 春日野 わかな こてう はるその はるきぬ はるかせ はるくさ」
MFA impressions: 11.14408 (left sheet only), 11.14548-50, 21.7668-70
On this sheet, the names of the courtesan and her attendants are:
Kasugano of the Ôgiya, kamuro Wakana and Kochô, with Harusono, Harukinu, Harukaze, and Harukusa
「扇屋内 春日野 わかな こてう はるその はるきぬ はるかせ はるくさ」
Signed
Utamaro ga
歌麿画
歌麿画
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.