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Sumô Match, Presented by the Matsuganeya: Shinaori as the Referee (Gyôji), Nashikigi as Nuregami, and [illegible] as Hanaregoma, from the series Niwaka Festival Skits by the Geisha of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô geiko Niwaka kyôgen zukushi)


「青楼芸子俄狂言尽」 「松かね屋内 行事 しなおり ぬれかみ にし木々 はなれこま 」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.3 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19572
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 212, #L-1-6
Signed Koryû ga
湖竜画
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.