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「名取酒六家選 兵庫屋華妻 坂上の剣菱」
Courtesan Hanazuma of the Hyôgoya and Kenbishi Sake by Sakagami (Hyôgoya Hanazuma, Sakagami no Kenbishi), from the series Aristocrats of Sake Compared to Courtesans of Six Selected Houses (Natorizake rokkasen)
「名取酒六家選 兵庫屋華妻 坂上の剣菱」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14276
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #162; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #36.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 128.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #335; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #179
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.