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遊女と客
Courtesan and Guest at New Year
遊女と客
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kokonotsugiri; 13.9 x 18.8 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16759
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionIn the tokonoma are two hagoita (New Year battledores) marked with the numbers of the long months on the large one (1,3,4,6,8,11) and the numbers of the short months on the short one (2,5,7,9,10,12). This arrangement corresponds to the long and short months for 1817 (Bunka 14).
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Taito ga
前北斎戴斗画
前北斎戴斗画
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.