Unlicensed Courtesans Walking along Shijôgawara in Kyoto (Kyôto Shijôgawara hakujin yukikai no zu): Honzume of Ponto-chô (R), and Nakazume, a Geisha of Gion (Gion-machi geiko) (L), with a Guide to the HIgashiyama Area of Kyoto (HIgashiyama saiken)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
(Japanese, 1786–1864)
Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô)
(Japanese)
late 1820s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban diptych; 37.9 x 49.7 cm (14 15/16 x 19 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.15114, 11.15214
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 Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Nanahito of the Sugata-Ebiya, kamuro Tsuruji and Kameji, from a series of courtesans printed in blue
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Yatsuhashi of the Naka-Manjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Yayoi, from a series of courtesans printed in blue
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Utagawa Hiroshige I
