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「青楼美人姿 後朝のほとゝぎす」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
A Cuckoo's Call on the Morning After (Kinuginu no hototogisu), from the series Figures of Beauties of the Yoshiwara (Seirô bijin sugata)
「青楼美人姿 後朝のほとゝぎす」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.8 x 23.3 cm (13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25588
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.25588 (deaccessioned in 2019), 17.3210.2
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.