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「けいせい梅がへ 瀬川菊之丞｣ （二代瀬川菊之丞の傾城梅が枝）
Actor Segawa Kikunojô II as the Courtesan Umegae
「けいせい梅がへ 瀬川菊之丞｣ （二代瀬川菊之丞の傾城梅が枝）
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1764 (Hôreki 14/Meiwa 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 30.4 x 13.3 cm (11 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19202
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #014; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 2239; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #42, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 148
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.
Play: Mugen no Kane Mukashi-gusa
Theater: Ichimura
Play: Mugen no Kane Mukashi-gusa
Theater: Ichimura
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu hitsu
鈴木春信筆
鈴木春信筆
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.