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「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 松島」「わかし」「さんきち」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 喜蝶」「こみよ」「ことの」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 三代目梅」
Courtesans of the Sanomatsuya: Matsushima, kamuro Wakashi and Sankichi (R); Kichô, kamuro Komiyo and Kotono (C), and Ume III (L)
「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 松島」「わかし」「さんきち」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 喜蝶」「こみよ」「ことの」 「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 三代目梅」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s (Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 74.5 cm (14 5/8 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40122a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably part of a tetraptych, with 11.40091. Possibly out of order.
MFA impressions: *11.29943 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.29944 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40122a-c (triptych)
MFA impressions: *11.29943 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.29944 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40122a-c (triptych)
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.