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「青楼芸子俄狂言尽 いち 直吉 かよ いせ りよ ひで りか やえ」 獅子舞
Lion Dance by Ichi, Naokichi, Kayo, Ise, Riyo, Hide, Rika, and Yae, from the series Niwaka Festival Skits by the Geisha of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô geiko Niwaka kyôgen zukushi)
「青楼芸子俄狂言尽 いち 直吉 かよ いせ りよ ひで りか やえ」 獅子舞
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1776–81 (An'ei 5–Tenmei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.4 x 19.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19577
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano, "Yoshiwara Niwaka," in Ukiyo-e Art 158 (2009), fig. 7; Hockley 2003, p. 212, #L-1-3
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.