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「あふきや内 つかさ あけは こてふ」 「つた屋内 菅原 ふみぢ かしく」
Courtesans on Parade: Tsukasa of the Ôgiya, kamuro Ageha and Kochô, and Sugawara of the Tsuruya, kamuro Fumiji and Kashiku
「あふきや内 つかさ あけは こてふ」 「つた屋内 菅原 ふみぢ かしく」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.7 x 52.4 cm (15 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15003-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2162 (L only; caption under 2161); right sheet of the triptych: TNM #2161, Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #474
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.15003 (right), 11.15004 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.15003-4 (left and center sheets), 21.4787 (left sheet only)
The right sheet, illustrated in TNM cat. 2 and Ukiyo-e taisei 7, shows Ichikawa of the Matsubaya, with kamuro, standing in front of the noren of the Minatoya store.
MFA impressions: 11.15003-4 (left and center sheets), 21.4787 (left sheet only)
The right sheet, illustrated in TNM cat. 2 and Ukiyo-e taisei 7, shows Ichikawa of the Matsubaya, with kamuro, standing in front of the noren of the Minatoya store.
Signed
Eishôsai ga (on each sheet)
栄松斎画
栄松斎画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.