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「廓通色々青楼全盛 （あそびはとりどりかごのにぎわい）」
Connoisseurs of the Yoshiwara: A Flourishing House of Pleasure / Birds at Play: A Commotion in the Birdcage (Asobi wa toridori kago no nigiwai)
「廓通色々青楼全盛 （あそびはとりどりかごのにぎわい）」
Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 × 48.3 cm (13 7/8 × 19 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39769a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #38
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.37356a-c (complete triptych), 11.39769a-b (two right sheets only)
MFA impressions: 11.37356a-c (complete triptych), 11.39769a-b (two right sheets only)
Signed
Yoshifuji ga (on each sheet)
芳藤画
芳藤画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：卯六改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：卯六改
彫師：彫栄
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.