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遊女こま絵 右から 「あふみや内うれしの あふきや内にほてる 松葉屋内松しま 大ひしや三つの津 松かね屋あけ巻 てうしやせん山 中あふみや内半太夫 つるやすがわら 中あふみやみやこぢ」
Courtesans, from right: Ureshino of the Ômiya, Nioteru of the Ôgiya, Matsushima of the Matsubaya, Mitsunotsu of the Ôbishiya, Agemaki of the Matsuganeya, Senzan of the Chôjiya, Handayû of the Naka-Ômiya, Sugawara of the Tsuruya, Miyakoji of the Naka-Ômiya
遊女こま絵 右から 「あふみや内うれしの あふきや内にほてる 松葉屋内松しま 大ひしや三つの津 松かね屋あけ巻 てうしやせん山 中あふみや内半太夫 つるやすがわら 中あふみやみやこぢ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1777 (An'ei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal hosoban; 14.2 x 31 cm (5 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #396 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #372; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #84, pl. IX
Signed
Torii Kiyonaga ga
鳥居清長画
鳥居清長画
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.