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「当世今様美人花合セ」 （提燈）
Two Women with Lantern, from the series Modern Beauties Compared to Flowers (Tôsei imayô bijin hana awase)
「当世今様美人花合セ」 （提燈）
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.6 x 23.6 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25506
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #95.1; variant with moon in sky, list #94.1 and cat. no. 16
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Dragon 9
改印：極、辰九
改印：極、辰九
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.