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吉原仲の町花魁道中
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Courtesans Promenading on Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara
吉原仲の町花魁道中
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13602
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nagata et al, The New York and New Jersey Ukiyo-e Collection (exh. cat., 1997), #117; Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #II-29; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C21 (but skipped in list), pl. CXXII (L only)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: *11.13602 (center sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.13815-7 (complete)
MFA impressions: *11.13602 (center sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.13815-7 (complete)
Signed
Toyokuni
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.