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「東京名所 居留地 晩花楼 遊女花遊」
Courtesans Enjoying Cherry Blossoms at the Banka-rô in the Foreign Quarter, a Famous Place in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho, kyoryûchi, Bankarô, yûjo hanaasobi)
「東京名所 居留地 晩花楼 遊女花遊」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 75.1 cm (14 3/8 × 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17346-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptch: 11.17346 (left), 11.17347 (center), 11.17348 (right)
Signed
Konomi ni ôjite Kunisada hitsu (on each sheet)
応好国貞筆
応好国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳二改
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.