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吉原遊廓の景
New Year's Day at the Ôgi-ya in the Yoshiwara
吉原遊廓の景
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1808–13 (mid Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 38.5 x 130 cm (15 3/16 x 51 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17688-17689, 11.17695-17697
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #170; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #23; Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (1989), pp. 155 and 170; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #16; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #166
DescriptionPentaptych: 11.17688 (L), 11.17689 (CL), 11.17695 (R), 11.17696 (CR), 11.17697 (C)
MFA impressions: 11.17688VR (11.17688-9, 11.17695-7), 21.7607-11
MFA impressions: 11.17688VR (11.17688-9, 11.17695-7), 21.7607-11
Signed
Katsushika Hokusai ga (on right sheet only)
葛飾北斎画
葛飾北斎画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Moriya Jihei (on left sheet only)
改印：極、森治
改印：極、森治
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.