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「日本橋品川街万林楼上座舗開之図」 （ にほんばししながわまちまんりんろうかみざしきびらきのず ）
The Opening of the Reception Room in the Upper Story of the Manrin House in Shinagawa-machi in Nihonbashi District (Nihonbashi Shinagawa-machi Manrin-rô kamizashiki-biraki no zu)
「日本橋品川街万林楼上座舗開之図」 （ にほんばししながわまちまんりんろうかみざしきびらきのず ）
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 72.8 cm (14 1/8 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34932a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (left and right sheets), Ôju Kunichika hitsu (center sheet)
豊原国周筆 応需国周筆
豊原国周筆 応需国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) 9
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：壬申九
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：壬申九
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2000)
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.
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.