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Courtesans and Gods of Good Fortune: Yoyoyama of the Matsubaya, with Ebisu (R); Yatsuhashi of the Naka-Manjiya, with Daikoku (C); Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, with Benzaiten (L)


「松葉屋内 代々山」(恵比寿)  「中万字屋内 八ッ橋」(大黒)  「扇屋内 花扇」(弁財天)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 74.4 cm (14 9/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36643a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Okonomi ni tsuki Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
御好ニ付国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.