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「青楼芸子俄狂言尽 まつ葉屋 重忠 紅葉 ひくち 笹の 船頭 はなの ちとり よしの」
Presented by the Matsubaya: Momiji as Shigetada, Sasano as Higuchi, and Hanano, Chidori, and Yoshino as Boatmen, 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 まつ葉屋 重忠 紅葉 ひくち 笹の 船頭 はなの ちとり よしの」
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; 26 x 19.6 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19576
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 212, #L-1-7
Signed
Koryû ga
湖竜画
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.
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.