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Temporary Quarters of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara karitaku basho fu)


「吉原仮宅場所附」
Artist unknown, Japanese
After: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25.2 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35961
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29507.58, 11.35961, 11.36732, 11.39425

For the original design by Kuniyoshi, see 11.36371.
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.