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遊女と客と禿
Courtesan, Client, and Kamuro with a Love Letter
遊女と客と禿
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.6 x 21.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19511
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #360; Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 199, #16; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #288, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 336
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Morasuna yo/ kumo iru mine no/ hatsu shigure/ no ha wa shita ni/ iro kawaru to mo
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.