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花下傾城道中 「姿海老屋内姿野」 「姿海老屋内逢待」 「姿海老屋内七里」
Courtesans of the Sugata-Ebiya: Sugatano (R), Aimachi (C), and Nanasato (L), from an untitled series of courtesans parading under cherry blossoms
花下傾城道中 「姿海老屋内姿野」 「姿海老屋内逢待」 「姿海老屋内七里」
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.8 cm (14 5/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37463-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), figs. 122-3
DescriptionTriptych: 11.37463 (right), 11.37464 (center), 11.37465 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.37463-5 (complete triptych), 11.37470 (center sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.37463-5 (complete triptych), 11.37470 (center sheet only)
Signed
Seichôtei (Teisai) Senchô ga
貞斎泉晁画
貞斎泉晁画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.