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「松葉楼 歌川 松風 若紫」
Courtesans of the Matsuba-rô (from right): Utagawa, Matsukaze, Wakamurasaki
「松葉楼 歌川 松風 若紫」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1797 (Kansei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 75.5 cm (14 7/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14542-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #75; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #397.1.1, 2.1, 3.1, pls. 154-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 35.3.1-3 (with different names); Sotheby's London sale cat. (Nov. 2006), #757 (1st ed., US 397.1.2, 2.2., 3.2)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14542 (center), 11.14543 (right), 11.14544 (left)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.