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The Kawanaga Restaurant in Naka Daichi (Naka Daichi Kawanaga), from the series Colors of Spring at Thirty-six Restaurants (Shunshoku sanjûroku kaiseki)


「春色三十六会席 中大地 川長」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Tamaya Sôsuke
Japanese
Meiji era
1868 (Keiô 4/Meiji 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 × 24.1 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41188
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Chôkarô Yoshiiku ga
朝霞楼芳幾画
Marks Censor's seal: Dragon 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:辰十二改
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.