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「七小町 四 かよひ小町」
Komachi and the Suitor (Kayoi Komachi), No. 4 from the series Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)
「七小町 四 かよひ小町」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1735–40 (Kyôhô 20–Genbun 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied and stenciled color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 34.2 x 16.1 cm (13 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #105; Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #12
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.420, 11.13327
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
絵師鳥居清倍筆
絵師鳥居清倍筆
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.