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鏡で虚無僧の顔を見る遊女と禿
Courtesan and Kamuro Looking at the Face of a Komusô Reflected in a Mirror
鏡で虚無僧の顔を見る遊女と禿
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 18.8 cm (10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17096
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 271, #C-64 (mistakenly identified as 28.189)
Signed
Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画
湖龍斎画
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.