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「青楼仁和嘉全盛遊 車力 さかた彦兵衛 てうし屋 豊ずみ やよい はまし」
Cart Puller (Kurumariki) Sakata Hikobei (?) and Courtesan Toyozumi of the Chôjiya, kamuro Yayoi and Hamaji, from the series Amusements of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
「青楼仁和嘉全盛遊 車力 さかた彦兵衛 てうし屋 豊ずみ やよい はまし」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 23.9 x 17.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20073
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Chôki ga
長喜画
長喜画
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.