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「郵便報知新聞 第六百八十三号」
No. 683, from the series The Post Dispatch Newspaper (Yûbin hôchi shinbun)
「郵便報知新聞 第六百八十三号」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
1875 (Meiji 8), July
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.5 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37907
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #25.51 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37907, 11.39809
Two amateur prostitutes fighting over a client in Honjo.
Two amateur prostitutes fighting over a client in Honjo.
Signed
Taiso Yoshitoshi
大蘇芳年
大蘇芳年
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 7
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Gin
改印：亥七
彫師：彫工銀
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Gin
改印：亥七
彫師：彫工銀
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.