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夜の階上
Women on a Balcony at NIght
夜の階上
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.1 × 49.6 cm (13 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41268a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTwo left sheets of incomplete triptych?
Signed
Ichimôsai Yoshitora ga (on each sheet)
一猛斎芳虎画
一猛斎芳虎画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
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.