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「色競艶婦姿」 浴後の女と黒犬
A Woman Emerging from the Bath and a Black Dog, from the series Comparison of the Charms of Alluring Women (Irokurabe enpu sugata)
「色競艶婦姿」 浴後の女と黒犬
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 19.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19358
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
A little black dog with a jaunty red collar stares at a lady who is just leaving the bath, wiping her neck with a towel and clutching her bathrobe loosely around her. Through the lattice window we see the back of another woman still in the tub, who may be the owner of the dog. The artist Kiyonaga pioneered a new drawing style for female figures, taller and more mature-looking than the women drawn by earlier artists.
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #170-5, pls. 143, 144; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #213.5, pl. 99; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #184; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #369, pl. XXV
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19358, 21.5604
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.