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「郭中美人競 大文字屋内本津枝」
Motozue of the Daimonjiya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)
「郭中美人競 大文字屋内本津枝」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 25.7 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #103; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #10.3; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 389, list no. A21
DescriptionThe only known impression.
Signed
Eishô zu
栄昌図
栄昌図
Marks
No censor's seal
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.