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唐美人宴遊の図
Chinese Beauties at a Banquet
唐美人宴遊の図
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–90 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.3 cm (14 7/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14512-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #45; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #42; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #14; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 8.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #53
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14512 (center), 11.14513 (right), 11.14514 (left)
In first state, the scroll held by the beauty in the right sheet showed an erotic picture; in this, the second state, it has been romoved.
MFA impressions: 11.14512-4, 21.7718-20
In first state, the scroll held by the beauty in the right sheet showed an erotic picture; in this, the second state, it has been romoved.
MFA impressions: 11.14512-4, 21.7718-20
Signed
Utamaro ga (in seal script, on each sheet)
歌麿画
歌麿画
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.