Genji, the Second Generation: Courtesans at Their Toilette in the Licensed Quarter (Nisei Genji kuruwa no mijimai)
Utagawa Kagehide II
(Japanese, active 1860s)
Tsujiya Yasubei
(Japanese)
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (key block); ink on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39 x 27.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20154
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1832–33 (Tenpô 3–4)
![Nagato Province: Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1061332/thumbnail)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1856 (Ansei 3), 3rd month
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1891 (Meiji 24)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1891 (Meiji 24)
Utagawa Sadahide
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
