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「風流人倫見立八景 よび出しの秋の月」
Autumn Moon of the Courtesan on Call (Yobidashi no aki no tsuki), from the series Eight Views of Fashionable Human Relations (Fûryû jinrin mitate hakkei)
「風流人倫見立八景 よび出しの秋の月」
Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770–72 (Meiwa 7–An'ei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.9 x 19.1 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19535
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
When a courtesan went out to see a customer rather than entertaining him in her own room, she brought her personal bedding, carried by an attendant. Here, the servant boy carrying the bundle of quilts plays with a friendly street dog. In many prints of beautiful women, an animal symbolizes a male viewer who is not actually shown within the picture.
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley 2003, p. 200, #F-7
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.