The Tachibana District, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)
「当世遊里美人合 たち花」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Artist Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Catalogue Raisonné
Hirano 1939, #0346; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.20
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 25.6 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.30354
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection