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Courtesan of the Izumiya in Mikuni, Echizen Province, from the series Comparisons of Representative Customs (Tatoegusa fûzoku awase)


「譬草風俗合 越前三国 いつみ屋」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1814 (Bunka 11), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25489
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #92 (this design not listed); other prints in the series: cat. nos. 96, 217
DescriptionPrints in the series: 11.17807/*11.25527 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.25488, 11.25489, 11.25490, 50.2314
Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Igaya Kinbei
改印:極、伊金
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.