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Usugumo of the Tamaya (R), Yosooi of the Matsubaya (C), and Ôyodo of the Tsuruya


「玉屋内 薄雲」  「松葉屋内 粧ひ」  「鶴屋内 大淀」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 x 74.5 cm (14 11/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17881-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.17881 (center), 11.17882 (right), 11.17883 (left)
Signed Keisai Eisen ga (on each sheet)
渓斎英泉画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.