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Group shot: 11.14959-60
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Komurasaki of the Tamaya and Sanshû of the Tsutaya (Tamaya uchi Komurasaki, Tsutaya uchi Sanshû)
Group shot: 11.14959-60

Courtesans Parading at New Year: Komurasaki of the Tamaya and Sanshû of the Tsutaya (Tamaya uchi Komurasaki, Tsutaya uchi Sanshû)

Gokyô (Japanese, active about 1789–1801)
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e; benigirai-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 39.1 x 51.8 cm (15 3/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.14959-60
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: 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.
Peddler of Cosmetics and Accessories (Komamono)
Peddler of Cosmetics and Accessories (Komamono)
Gokyô
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Hanabito of the Ôgiya
Hanabito of the Ôgiya
Gokyô
about 1790–92 (Kansei 2–4)
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Sanshû of the Tsutaya
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Sanshû of the Tsutaya
Gokyô
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Chôbunsai Eishi
about 1791 (Kansei 3)
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Clear Morning after Snow at Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi yukibare no asa), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)
Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 2nd month
Shaving the Head of Fukurokuju
Shaving the Head of Fukurokuju
Kitagawa Utamaro II
View of the Sumida River with the Mimeguri Shrine and Mount Tsukuba, picture 7 from the shunga album Haru no usuyuki (Passion in the Snows of Spring)
View of the Sumida River with the Mimeguri Shrine and Mount Tsukuba, picture 7 from the shunga album Haru no usuyuki (Passion in the Snows of Spring)
Keisai Eisen
1822 (Bunsei 5)
Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge (Yoshida, Toyokawabashi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
Yoshida: The Toyokawa River Bridge (Yoshida, Toyokawabashi), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Takanawa, between Nihonbashi and Shinagawa: (Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as) Yuranosuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month