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夜桜に遊女 「新吉原 江戸町一丁目 玉屋内 若紫」
Wakamurasaki of the Tamaya at Edo-machi itchôme in the New Yoshiwara, from an untitled series of courtesans under cherry blossoms at night
夜桜に遊女 「新吉原 江戸町一丁目 玉屋内 若紫」
Japanese
Edo period
1850s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21469
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionSet of five, forming an optional pentaptych: 11.21467-71 (no VR because order is uncertain)
A similar series of 5 sheets, also without signature, marks, or seals is illustrated in Hibiya, "Egakareta hana oiran ...," in Ukiyo-e Art 158 (2009), fig. 10. Hibiya dates his set to 1854-5.
The MFA also has two sheets that may be from a third series of the same kind, 17.3213.22 and 2014.1970.
A similar series of 5 sheets, also without signature, marks, or seals is illustrated in Hibiya, "Egakareta hana oiran ...," in Ukiyo-e Art 158 (2009), fig. 10. Hibiya dates his set to 1854-5.
The MFA also has two sheets that may be from a third series of the same kind, 17.3213.22 and 2014.1970.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：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.