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Courtesan Hinasakudayû of the Nishi-Ôgiya as a Shirabyôshi Dancer (Eboshigimi), probably from an untitled costume parade series (nerimono)


大阪新町ねりもの 「西扇や 雛咲太夫 ゑほし君」
Jukôdô Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1804–1843)
Japanese
Edo period
1825 (Bunsei 8), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 26.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36279
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Museum, Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #382; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 124; Keyes 1973, #388, photo p. 254
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36279, 17.3214.18

Forms a diptych with 11.36280, 17.3214.19.
Signed Jukôdô Yoshikuni ga
寿好堂よし国画
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.