Connoisseurs of the Yoshiwara: A Flourishing House of Pleasure / Birds at Play: A Commotion in the Birdcage (Asobi wa toridori kago no nigiwai)
Utagawa Yoshifuji
(Japanese, 1828–1889)
Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei)
(Japanese, 1833–1901)
1867 (Keiô 3), 6th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 35.8 × 73.1 cm (14 1/8 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.37356a-c
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.
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1876 (Meiji 9), October 10
Utagawa Yoshifuji
1876 (Meiji 9), August 22
Utagawa Yoshifuji
1876 (Meiji 9), August 22
Utagawa Yoshifuji
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Utagawa Yoshifuji
1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month
