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「新吉原江戸町壱町目 玉弥内 巻絹 ゆかり」 「新吉原江戸町壱丁目 玉弥内 政那木 よしの たつ田」
Courtesans of the Tamaya at Edo-machi Itchôme in the New Yoshiwara: Makiginu, kamuro Yukari (R), and Masanagi, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta (L)
「新吉原江戸町壱町目 玉弥内 巻絹 ゆかり」 「新吉原江戸町壱丁目 玉弥内 政那木 よしの たつ田」
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.4 x 52.6 cm (15 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40079a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably two right sheets from a triptych or larger polyptych.
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.