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「東京妓樓弌覧」
Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo (Tôkei girô ichiran)
「東京妓樓弌覧」
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 x 74.6 cm (14 5/16 x 29 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37573a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Newland, Yoshitoshi (2011), #61; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 5 (1977), pp. 44-6; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 3 (1935), pp. 42-3
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu (on each sheet)
一魁斎芳年筆
一魁斎芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 3 aratame (on right sheet)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午三改
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: 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.
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.