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鍵屋お仙と猫を抱く若衆
Osen of the Kagiya and a Young Man with a Cat
鍵屋お仙と猫を抱く若衆
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1769 (Meiwa 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.2 x 21.9 cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #112; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #467; Ukiyo-e shuka 4 (1979), list #275, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 359
Signed
Harunobu ga
春信画
春信画
InscriptionsPoem: Itsu yori ka/ aki no momiji no/ kurenai ni/ sode no namida no/ naraisomeken
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.