Masanagi of the Tamaya, from the series Parade of Courtesans in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara dôchû zu)

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Masanagi of the Tamaya, from the series Parade of Courtesans in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara dôchû zu)

「新吉原道中図　たま屋内　政那木」

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1812 (Bunka 9), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban, left sheet of triptych; 38.8 x 26.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.89

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #43.4 (no photo); other prints in the series: pls. 138-141

DescriptionThree prints from a larger set that may optionally be combined as a triptych: 11.28590 (R), 11.28589 (C), 20.89 (L); no VR.

Signed Eizan hitsu
英山筆

Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Iwatoya Kisaburô
改印：極、岩戸

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)