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「大尽遊 晩花美人揃（よるのはなひじんそろ）」 「中万字屋内 明石」 「中万字屋内 連山」 「中万字屋内 賎乃尾」
Amusements of the Big Spenders: Flowers of the Night, a Collection of Beauties (Daijin asobi, Yoru no hana bijin-zoro[e]): Courtesans of the Naka-Manjiya: Renzan (R), Akashi (C), and Shizunoo (L)
「大尽遊 晩花美人揃（よるのはなひじんそろ）」 「中万字屋内 明石」 「中万字屋内 連山」 「中万字屋内 賎乃尾」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 75.8 cm (14 3/16 × 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38732a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not found in Marks et al., Genji's World (2012)
DescriptionIn the background, on the boat Genji-maru, is Mitsuuji, the hero of Inaka Genji, sporting his distinctive shrimp-tail hairstyle.
Signed
Ôju Kunisada hitsu (on right sheet), Kunisada hitsu (on left and center sheets)
応需国貞筆 国貞筆
応需国貞筆 国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳七改
彫師：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: January 19, 2005)
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.