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Futatsuryû of Izutsuya as a Musician (Hayashi), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)


「島ノ内ねり物 はやし いづつ屋二龍」
Shunshôsai Hokuju (Japanese, active about 1828–1836)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38797
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg, Schätze der Kamigata (exh. cat., 2012), #203; Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Keyes 1973, #188, photo on p. 228
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.824.13, 11.26586, 11.38797

From a collective series by Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, and Shigeharu.
Signed Shun'eisai Hokuju ga
春英斎北寿
Marks Artist's seal: Hokuju
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.