Advanced Search 
「京都四条河原白人行会の図」「ポント町 本づめ」 「東山細見」「祇園町芸子中つめ」
Unlicensed Courtesans Walking along Shijôgawara in Kyoto (Kyôto Shijôgawara hakujin yukikai no zu): Honzume of Ponto-chô (R), and Nakazume, a Geisha of Gion (Gion-machi geiko) (L), with a Guide to the HIgashiyama Area of Kyoto (HIgashiyama saiken)
「京都四条河原白人行会の図」「ポント町 本づめ」 「東山細見」「祇園町芸子中つめ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.9 x 49.7 cm (14 15/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15114, 11.15214
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 194 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.15114 (right), 11.15214 (left)
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
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.