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「風流雪月花 吉原花 おいらんふう」
Cherry Blossoms in the Yoshiwara: The Style of a Courtesan (Yoshiwara hana, oiran fû), from the series Fashionable Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Fûryû setsugekka)
「風流雪月花 吉原花 おいらんふう」
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.3 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25481
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #205.3 (no photo); another print in the series: cat. no. 8
DescriptionPrints in the series: 11.14307 and 11.25483 (snow), 11.25482 (moon), 11.25481 (flowers)
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Hare 9
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.