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Nakamuraza, Yoshiwara fuzoku zu byobu
吉原風俗図屏風
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Scenes from the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Nakamuraza, Yoshiwara fuzoku zu byobu
吉原風俗図屏風
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Medium/Technique
One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions
139.8 x 355.2 cm (55 1/16 x 139 13/16 in.)
Overall: 158 x 384 cm
Overall: 158 x 384 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Oliver W. Peabody
Accession Number79.469
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 156-7; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 1; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 36 (2); Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #4
Marks
seal: Hishikawa; Moronobu
ProvenanceGift 1879- prior history unknown