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吉原歓々楼遊興
Playing Games in the Garden of the Kankanrô in the Yoshiwara
吉原歓々楼遊興
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 71.2 cm (13 15/16 x 28 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22996-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #49, pl. 137 (Iseya); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #61; Ukiyo-e shûka 15 (1980), pls. 124-6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #958, pl. LXXVII
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22996 (left), 11.22997 (center), 11.22998 (right)
MFA impressions: Iseya edition, earlier: 11.22996-8, 21.7494-6; Wakasaya edition, later: 21.7491-3
MFA impressions: Iseya edition, earlier: 11.22996-8, 21.7494-6; Wakasaya edition, later: 21.7491-3
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
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.