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筆のさやを焚く遊女 「かなや内 にしきゞ」
Nishikigi of the Kanaya Lighting Incense beside a Mosquito Net
筆のさやを焚く遊女 「かなや内 にしきゞ」
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 67.1 x 12.4 cm (26 7/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16479
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #123; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #572; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #746, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 441
DescriptionNo other impression known.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Fude no saya/ yakite matsu yo no/ kaya zo kana
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.