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「三津花美人合」
Flowers of the Three Cities, a Comparison of Beauties (Mitsu no hana bijin awase)
「三津花美人合」
Japanese
Edo period
1810 (Bunka 7), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.3 x 39.2 cm (10 3/8 x 15 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14197
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
A similar horizontal series with children: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), fig. 66
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Horse 8
改印：極、午八
改印：極、午八
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.