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「契情道中双六 見立よしはら五十三つゐ 沼津 鶴屋内 かしく」
Numazu: Kashiku of the Tsuruya, from the series A Tôkaidô Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in the Yoshiwara (Keisei dôchû sugoroku/Mitate Yoshiwara gojûsan tsui [no uchi])
「契情道中双六 見立よしはら五十三つゐ 沼津 鶴屋内 かしく」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821–23 (Bunsei 4–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Half vertical ôban; 18.2 x 24.5 cm (7 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40898.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #229 (Kashiku); another print in the series (Mishima): Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 160
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17953 (Senju of the Ôsakaya), 11.25541 (Kashiku of the Tsuruya), 11.40898.1 (Kashiku of the Tsuruya, top half only)
Signed
(cut off of this impression)
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.