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三代目瀬川菊之丞の芸者おとり
Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as the Geisha Otori
三代目瀬川菊之丞の芸者おとり
Japanese
Edo period
1791 (Kansei 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 29.2 x 13.8 cm (11 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18253
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1987), pl. 109 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
Play (Jôruri): Komatsubiki
Play (main feature): Haru no Sekai Nigiwai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
小松引（こまつびき）
春世界艶麗曽我（はるせかいにぎわいそが）
中村
Play (Jôruri): Komatsubiki
Play (main feature): Haru no Sekai Nigiwai Soga
Theater: Nakamura
小松引（こまつびき）
春世界艶麗曽我（はるせかいにぎわいそが）
中村
Signed
Shun'ei ga
春英画
春英画
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.