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「全盛遊 三津の あひけん」 「京島原」 「江戸新吉原」 「大坂新町」
Top Courtesans of the Three Cities Playing Ken (Zensei asobi san tsu no aiken)
「全盛遊 三津の あひけん」 「京島原」 「江戸新吉原」 「大坂新町」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–25 (Bunsei 1–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.2 x 78.7 cm (15 7/16 x 31 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15413, 11.15414, 11.15424
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15413 (center), 11.15414 (left), 11.15424 (right)
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
Inscriptions「ふりつみてよしある松や雪女 京 立圃」
「闇の夜は吉原はかり月夜かな 江戸 其角」
「詠むとて花にもいたし首の骨 大坂 宗因」
「闇の夜は吉原はかり月夜かな 江戸 其角」
「詠むとて花にもいたし首の骨 大坂 宗因」
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.