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吉原のお正月 「京町一丁目 俵屋内 花山 つぼみ ふぶき」
New Year in the Yoshiwara: Kazan of the Tawaraya at Kyô-machi itchôme, kamuro Tsubomi and Fubuki
吉原のお正月 「京町一丁目 俵屋内 花山 つぼみ ふぶき」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789–90 (Kansei 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban diptych; 32.3 x 43.3 cm (12 11/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14487-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #48; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #54.1-2, pls. 18-9
DescriptionDiptych: 11.14487 (left), 11.14488 (right)
Signed
Utamaro ga (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.