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Chôzan of the Chôjiya, from an untitled series of courtesans on fans


遊女集 「丁子屋内 丁山」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical aiban; 35.3 x 24.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25168
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #714.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25168, 21.6492
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
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.