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Three Tipsy People Nowadays (Ryûkô sannin namayoi)


「流行三人生酔」
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1855 (Ansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24.4 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42040
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 129, #1113; Tomizawa, Nishiki-e no chikara (2005), chart 4, #72, photo p. 89; Minami Kazuo, Ishin zen'ya no Edo shomin (1980), pp. 74-5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21963, 11.38648, 11.42040
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.