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「くるわのいきぢ」
The Pride of the Pleasure Quarters (Kuruwa no ikiji)
「くるわのいきぢ」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), intercalary 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 50.5 cm (14 1/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26804-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 120; Minami Kazuo, Ishin zen'ya no Edo shomin (1980), pp. 220-2
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26804 (left), 11.26805 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.26804-5, 11.34998.7a-b
MFA impressions: 11.26804-5, 11.34998.7a-b
Signed
Hiroshige giga (?)
広重戯画
広重戯画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dragon intercalary aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰閏改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：辰閏改
彫師：なし
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.