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「青楼二階之図 五ばん続」
Panorama of the Second Floor of a Brothel, a Pentaptych (Seiro nikai no zu, goban tsuzuki)
「青楼二階之図 五ばん続」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1813 (Bunka 10), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.1 × 25 cm (13 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39464
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), p. 16, fig. 8 (complete); Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #11 (complete)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete pentaptych; title on center right sheet, publisher on left sheet.
Signed
Kunisada ga
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Maruya Bun'emon
改印：極、丸文
改印：極、丸文
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.