Skip to main content

That Romantic Figure in the Licensed Quarter at Dawn (Sono yukari kuruwa no akebono)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.5 × 45.5 cm (8 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.41861a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke III as Yujima no Sankichi
Toyohara Kunichika
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month
Actor Sawamura Tosshô II as Kichiza
Toyohara Kunichika
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 10th month
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Tsubone Iwafuji
Toyohara Kunichika
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 1st month
Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)
Toyohara Kunichika
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Lord Genji's Cormorant Fishing Excursion (Genji no kimi ukai gyoyû no zu)
Toyohara Kunichika
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month