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扇屋の座敷
View of the Sumida River from the Temporary Quarters of the Ôgiya in Nakasu
扇屋の座敷
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.8 x 75.3 cm (15 1/4 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14152-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #86; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #109; Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #I-5; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #53; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 157, list no. 81
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14152 (left), 11.14153 (right), 11.14154 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.14091 (R sheet only; key block), 11.14152-4 (complete triptych, color)
Beside the young man at the far right is a paper chopstick wrapper with the name "Gokyô," probably referring to Eishi's pupil Gokyô. If he was really a customer of this expensive establishment, he was probably a person of high rank.
MFA impressions: 11.14091 (R sheet only; key block), 11.14152-4 (complete triptych, color)
Beside the young man at the far right is a paper chopstick wrapper with the name "Gokyô," probably referring to Eishi's pupil Gokyô. If he was really a customer of this expensive establishment, he was probably a person of high rank.
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
栄之画
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.