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「当時全盛美人揃 扇屋内 花」
A Flower of the Ôgiya (Ôgiya uchi Hana) [=Hanaôgi], from the series Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji zensei bijin-zoroe)
「当時全盛美人揃 扇屋内 花」
Japanese
Edo period
1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #148 (first ed. illustrated, this ed. described); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #229.9.2, .pl. 47; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 145.3.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #86; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #86
DescriptionFrom the second edition of the series, with the series title changed and Hanaôgi's name altered, presumably in response to her attempted elopement in 1794.
MFA impressions: 11.14257, 21.6611
MFA impressions: 11.14257, 21.6611
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
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.