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「中 三幅対 しま原 中の町 一文字屋太夫 半太夫」
Handayû, a Courtesan (Tayû) of the Ichimoji-ya in Shimabara, Kyoto, Center Sheet of a Triptych
「中 三幅対 しま原 中の町 一文字屋太夫 半太夫」
Japanese
Edo period
1720s–30s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.8 x 15.2 cm (12 15/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19179
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Gunsaulus, AIC cat. I (1955), p. 92, #9 (uncut triptych)
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.