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「千話鏡月の村雲 けいせい梅川 ひきやくや忠兵衛 孫右衛門」
The Courtesan Umegawa, Chûbei of the Courier Firm, and Magoemon, from the series Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form over the Moon (Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo)
「千話鏡月の村雲 けいせい梅川 ひきやくや忠兵衛 孫右衛門」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800 (Kansei 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 26.6 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14359
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #141.9, pl. 189; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 101.3.1; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 347-9 (this design not illustrated)
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.