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遊女
Courtesan Walking
遊女
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1745–49 (Enkyô 2–Kan'en 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Wide hashira-e; 71.8 x 25.5 cm (28 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13336
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #74; Paine, MFA Bulletin v. 57, no. 308 (1959), fig. 7; Ukiyo-e zenshû I (1957), fig. 125
DescriptionOther impressions in Honolulu Academy of Arts and Tokyo National Museum.
Signed
Hôgetsudô Shômei Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu hitsu
方月堂正名奥村文角政信正筆
方月堂正名奥村文角政信正筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Tanchôsai
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.