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「青楼十種香 閨中 京町一丁め 大文字や内 誰が袖 とめき かほる」
In Bed (Keichû): Tagasode of the Daimonjiya in Kyômachi Itchôme, kamuro Tomeki and Kaoru, from the series Ten Kinds of Incense in the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô jisshu kô)
「青楼十種香 閨中 京町一丁め 大文字や内 誰が袖 とめき かほる」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.4 x 18.5 cm (10 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19413
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #201-1 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #255.1, pl. 153; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #943, pl. XLVI
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
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.