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「青楼俄全盛遊 琉球伝 嘉右衛門おどり」 （校合摺）
The Kaemon Dance from the Ryûkyû Islands (Ryûkyû den Kaemon odori), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)
「青楼俄全盛遊 琉球伝 嘉右衛門おどり」 （校合摺）
Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.2 x 19.8 cm (10 11/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24860
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly related to Ryûkyû embassies of 1790 and/or 1796.
Signed
Katsukawa Shunzan ga
勝川春山画
勝川春山画
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.