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Temporary Quarters of the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara karitaku): Hinaaya of the Chôjiya (R), Karauta of the Chôjiya (C), and Meizan of the Chôjiya (L)


「てうしや内 雛あや」  「丁子屋内 唐歌」  「新吉原借宅 てうじや内 名山」
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–13 (Bunka 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.1 x 78.6 cm (15 x 30 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17849-51
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, The Ôjaku Collection (2022), #113; Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), triptych list #14, cat. #418
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17849 (left), 11.17850 (right), 11.17851 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.17849-51, 11.37808VR (11.37808, 20.92, 20.93), 11.41506 (right sheet only)
Signed Eizan hitsu (on each sheet)
英山筆
Marks No censor's seal
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.