People Born in Fire Signs Enter a Lucky Cycle on the 6th Day of the 11th Month (Jûichigatsu muika kasei no hito uke ni iru): Fukusuke Exhaling a Vision in Pipe Smoke of Fukujo as a Courtesan
Ôsai Baiji
(Japanese, active 1850s–60s)
Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô)
(Japanese)
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37210
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: 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.
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.
Ôsai Baiji
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 7th month
Ôsai Baiji
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 8th month
Ôsai Baiji
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 5th month
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
