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鏡を見る美人
Young Woman with a Hand Mirror
鏡を見る美人
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1743–46 (Kanpô 3–Enkyô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Wide hashira-e; 71 x 25.3 cm (27 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #69; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 2, British Museum II (1988), fig. 33; and 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), pl. 32; Paine, MFA Bulletin v. 57, no. 308 (1959), fig. 8
DescriptionOther impressions in Honolulu Academy of Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, and Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin.
Signed
Hôgetsudô shômei Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shôhitsu
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.