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Kashiku of the Tsuruya, from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters in Temporary Lodgings (Seirô karitaku bijin awase)


「青楼借宅美人合 鶴屋内 かしく」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 26.2 cm (14 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26680
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionCombined image: 11.26680 (left), 20.116 (right)
Signed Eizan hitsu
英山筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.