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「郵便報知新聞 第六百十七号」
No. 617, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun)
「郵便報知新聞 第六百十七号」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Ta (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Ta (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 8), April
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37707
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #25.39 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37707, 11.37900
Two beauties performing the Imayô dance at the Kinpeirô, a house in the Yoshiwara.
Two beauties performing the Imayô dance at the Kinpeirô, a house in the Yoshiwara.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi
大蘇芳年
大蘇芳年
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ta
改印：亥四
彫師：彫多
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ta
改印：亥四
彫師：彫多
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.