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The Ebiya Restaurant in Ôji, with the Geisha Koshizu of Yanagibashi, from the series Thirty-six Restaurants of Tokyo (Tôkei sanjûroku kaiseki)


「東京三十六会席 柳はし小しづ」「王子ゑびや」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1871 (Meiji 4), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 25.8 cm (14 7/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40520
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Katada Hori Chô
改印:未六改
彫師:片田彫長
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.