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Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, from the series Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Kakuchû bijin kurabe)


「郭中美人競 松葉屋内染之助」
Chôkôsai Eishô (Japanese, active 1780–1800)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chûemon (Chûsuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–97 (Kansei 7–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42357
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #102; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishô list, #5.1; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 377, list no. A9
Signed Chôkôsai Eishô ga
鳥高斎栄昌画
Marks No censor's seal
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.