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遊女と部屋に来た男
Courtesan and Guest with Mosquito Net
遊女と部屋に来た男
Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772–73 (Meiwa 9–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.3 x 21.1 cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20113
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #611; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 596; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #621
Signed
Harushige ga
春重画
春重画
InscriptionsPoem: Ikuyo ka wa/ omoikomeshi/ neya no to o/ sashi mo hatasade/ matsu wa kurushiki
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.