Social Progress: A Comparison of Ladies (Kairyô kifujin kurabe)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
(Japanese, 1838–1912)
Takekawa Unokichi (Unosuke)
(Japanese)
Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin)
(Japanese, 1844–1894)
1888 (Meiji 21), August 1
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 75.9 cm (14 3/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.18177-9
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.
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1879 (Meiji 12), 7th month
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1894 (Meiji 27), August
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1877 (Meiji 10), May
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1877 (Meiji 10), August 27
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1878 (Meiji 11), Spring
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1878 (Meiji 11), May
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1878 (Meiji 11), May 1
Popular and Prosperous Pleasure Quarters: The Inamoto House (Zensei kuruwa no nigiwai: Inamoto tôrô)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1879 (Meiji 12)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
about 1880 (Meiji 13)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1880 (Meiji 13), March
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1880 (Meiji 13), May
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1880 (Meiji 13), December 20