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Ôtomo no Kuronushi: Kichô of the Owariya, from the series Six Excellent Selections of Courtesans (Keisei Rokkasen), pun on Six Poetic Immortals


「傾城六佳撰 大友黒主 尾張屋内 喜長」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1828–30 (Bunsei 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.7 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25584
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #64
Signed Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Kagamiyama/ ...
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.