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Courtesans of the Tamaya: Kaomachi, kamuro Matsuno and Komatsu (R); Kaozuma, kamuro Iroka and Nioi (C); Hanamachi, kamuro Kakitsu and Kaide (L)


「新吉原江戸町壱丁目玉弥内 顔町 松の 小松」 「玉弥内 顔妻 いろか にほひ」 「玉弥内 花町 かきつ かいで」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ômiya Heihachi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 74.8 cm (14 5/8 x 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40104a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on right and left sheets), Kunisada ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画 国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.