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太夫花見立 藤 「京町一丁目 大文字屋内 ひと本 せんかく まんき」
Wisteria: Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya in Kyô-machi Itchôme, kamuro Senkaku and Banki, from an untitled series of courtesans compared to flowers
太夫花見立 藤 「京町一丁目 大文字屋内 ひと本 せんかく まんき」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #180.4; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 78.3.4; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #678
DescriptionOther impressions have the mark of publisher Maruya Jinpachi.
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.