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仲之町の牡丹 「あふぎ屋内 かたちの しけの まきの、 丁子屋内 雛鶴 こてう つるき、玉屋 静 たつた もみち」
Courtesans and Peonies: Katachino of the Ôgiya, kamuro Shigeno and Makino (R); Hinazuru of the Chôjiya, kamuro Kochô and Tsuruki (C); Shizuka of the Tamaya, kamuro Tatsuta and Momiji (L)
仲之町の牡丹 「あふぎ屋内 かたちの しけの まきの、 丁子屋内 雛鶴 こてう つるき、玉屋 静 たつた もみち」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1787 (Tenmei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.7 x 77.5 cm (15 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13998-4000
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #19; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #32 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #42; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #845, pl. LXXII; Ochiai Naonari, Ukiyoe hangashi (1919, trans. of Ficke), p. 212, pl. 37 (L only)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13998 (center), 11.13999 (right), 11.14000 (left)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
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.