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「青楼六玉川のうち 山しろ 井出の玉川」
The Jewel River of Ide in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro, Ide no Tamagawa), from the series Six Jewel Rivers in the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô Mu Tamagawa no uchi)
「青楼六玉川のうち 山しろ 井出の玉川」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1814–17 (Bunka 11–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25503
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #78.6 and cat. no. 240
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Koma tomete/ nao mizu kawan/ yamabuki no/ hana no tsuyu sou/ Ide no Tamagawa
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.