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「美人若三人」
Three Young Beauties (Bijin waka sannin)
「美人若三人」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 23.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26674-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not found in Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.26674 (left), 11.26675 (right)
The title is a play on the term for the Three Gods of Waka Poetry (Waka sanjin).
The title is a play on the term for the Three Gods of Waka Poetry (Waka sanjin).
Signed
Eizan hitsu (on each sheet)
英山筆
英山筆
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.