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中洲の酒宴
A Party at Nakasu
中洲の酒宴
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.4 x 76.9 cm (15 1/2 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15044, 11.15046, 11.15047
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #I-6; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #59 (L only); Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #C22, pl. CXXIV; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #639 (R & C only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15044 (right), 11.15046 (left), 11.15047 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.15044VR (11.15044, 11.15046, 11.15047); 11.22944-6; 21.8186 (left sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.15044VR (11.15044, 11.15046, 11.15047); 11.22944-6; 21.8186 (left sheet only)
Signed
Angyûsai Enshi ga (on right and left sheets), Enshi ga (on center sheet)
闇牛斎円志画 円志画
闇牛斎円志画 円志画
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.