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回り灯篭を見る遊女
Courtesan Admiring a Shadow Lantern
回り灯篭を見る遊女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1720s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 33.6 x 15.7 cm (13 1/4 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19112
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #19; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #115
Signed
Yamato gakô Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
大和画工 奥村利信筆
大和画工 奥村利信筆
Marks
Artist's seal: (unread; possibly Mitsuoki)
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.