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「青楼美人六花仙 松葉や若那」
Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals (Seirô bijin Rokkasen)
「青楼美人六花仙 松葉や若那」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794–95 (Kansei 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.2 x 26 cm (15 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20203
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #29; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #187; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #13.5; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), list no. 191 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14018 (key block), 11.20203, 21.4918
Signed
Eishi zu
栄之図
栄之図
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.