Komurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of the Famous Flowers of the Pleasure Quarters (Fûryû seirô meika awase) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Komurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of the Famous Flowers of the Pleasure Quarters (Fûryû seirô meika awase)

Komurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series Fashionable Comparisons of the Famous Flowers of the Pleasure Quarters (Fûryû seirô meika awase)

「風流青楼名花合　玉屋内　濃紫」

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6923

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17699, 20.87, 21.6923

Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.