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「青楼美人名花合 江戸さくら 扇屋内つかさ」
Tsukasa of the Ôgiya and Edo Cherry Blossoms (Edo sakura), from the series Beauties of the Yoshiwara Compared to Famous Flowers (Seirô bijin meika awase)
「青楼美人名花合 江戸さくら 扇屋内つかさ」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 24 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22779
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), p. 306, list #76-3 (no photo)
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Collector's seal: (unidentified)
Collector's seal: (unidentified)
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.