In the Pleasure Quarters, Flowers and Birding Poles (Hanamachi hanamachi, hana no torisashi), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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In the Pleasure Quarters, Flowers and Birding Poles (Hanamachi hanamachi, hana no torisashi), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)

In the Pleasure Quarters, Flowers and Birding Poles (Hanamachi hanamachi, hana no torisashi), from the series Entertainments of the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara in Full Swing (Seirô Niwaka zensei asobi)

「青楼俄全盛遊　花街／＼　はなの鳥さし」

Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active about 1781–1801)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1790

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 19.7 cm (10 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4782

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Shunzan ga
春山画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.