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三都契情三幅対 「江戸契情三幅対右 京契情三幅対中 大阪契情三幅対左」
A Triptych of Courtesans (Keisei sanpukutsui): Edo (R), Kyoto (C), Osaka (L)
三都契情三幅対 「江戸契情三幅対右 京契情三幅対中 大阪契情三幅対左」
Japanese
Edo period
late 1750s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Uncut hosoban triptych; 29.5 x 43.4 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #125; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pls. 157-9
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19672, 21.6860
Signed
Ishikawa Toyonobu hitsu (on each design)
石川豊信筆
石川豊信筆
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.