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「契情三人酔 三副之内 腹立上戸 泣上戸 笑上戸」
Three Drunken Courtesans, a Triptych: the Angry Drunk, the Weepy Drunk, the Giggly Drunk (Keisei sannin yoi, sanpuku no uchi: haratate jôgo, naki jôgo, warai jôgo)
「契情三人酔 三副之内 腹立上戸 泣上戸 笑上戸」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban triptych; 33.7 x 65.8 cm (13 1/4 x 25 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14530-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #59.1-3, pls. 130-2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 11.3.1-3
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14530 (right), 11.14531 (left), 11.14532 (center)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：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: August 3, 1911)
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.