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Onoyama of the Sugata-Ebiya, from the series Comparisons of Courtesans and Flowers (Keisei hana kurabe)


「傾城花競 姿海老屋内 小野山」
Teisai Senchô (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37479
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Nagata et al, The New York and New Jersey Ukiyo-e Collection (exh. cat., 1997), #284
Signed Seichôtei Senchô ga
青蔦亭泉晁画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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: 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.