Beauties of the West: Sakai-chô, Mikizô of the Tachibanaya and Matsunojô of the Tennôjiya, from the series Beauties of the East, West, North and South (Tôzainanboku no bijin) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Beauties of the West: Sakai-chô, Mikizô of the Tachibanaya and Matsunojô of the Tennôjiya, from the series Beauties of the East, West, North and South (Tôzainanboku no bijin)

Beauties of the West: Sakai-chô, Mikizô of the Tachibanaya and Matsunojô of the Tennôjiya, from the series Beauties of the East, West, North and South (Tôzainanboku no bijin)

「東西南北之美人　西方の美人　堺町　橘屋内三喜蔵　天王寺屋内松之丞」

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.3 cm (14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5869

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #271 (no date); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1365 (no date)

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceDecember 1916, given by Frank Lloyd Wright to William S. and John T. Spaulding; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.