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廓の新年
New Year's Day in the Yoshiwara
廓の新年
Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785–89 (late Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39.9 x 51 cm (15 11/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14767-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), pl. 85; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1708 (left sheet only); Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #213 (center sheet only)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.14767 (right), 11.14768 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.14767-8 (two right sheets only), 21.7512-4 (complete triptych)
The courtesans are:
Katachino of the Ôgiya, kamuro Wakana and Kochô (right)
Segawa of the Matsubaya, kamuro Inashi and Yukari (left)
MFA impressions: 11.14767-8 (two right sheets only), 21.7512-4 (complete triptych)
The courtesans are:
Katachino of the Ôgiya, kamuro Wakana and Kochô (right)
Segawa of the Matsubaya, kamuro Inashi and Yukari (left)
Signed
Shunchô ga (on each sheet)
春潮画
春潮画
Marks
Artist's seal: Chûrin
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.