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Courtesans of the Matsubaya, a triptych (Matsubaya sanmai tsuzuki): Wakakusa, kamuro Wakaki and Wakaba; Ukifune, kamuro Kanomo and Konomo; Matsukaze, kamuro Isone and Shirabe; Tomikawa, kamuro Onami and Menami


「松葉屋三枚続  若草 わかき わかは  浮船 かのも このも  松風 いそね しらべ  富川 おなみ めなみ」
Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1792 (Kansei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.3 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14051
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #138; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #126.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 176 (with one sheet from an Ôgiya triptych), list no. 167
Signed Eishi ga
栄之画
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.