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見立て西行 （衝立の富士の前に坐る女）
Parody of Saigyô Hôshi: Courtesan Looking at a Screen Painting of Mount Fuji
見立て西行 （衝立の富士の前に坐る女）
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19431
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #32; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #042; Chiba 2002, #38 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #165, and supp. 1 (1982), pl. 13
DescriptionCalendar information is hidden in the clothing.
Signed
Suzuki Harunobu ga
鈴木春信画
鈴木春信画
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.