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遊女と酸漿を持つ禿
Courtesan Watching Kamuro with Winter Cherry (Hôzuki)
遊女と酸漿を持つ禿
Mitsunobu (Japanese, active 1760s)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1770 (Meiwa 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 27.4 x 21.1 cm (10 13/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20142
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #655; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 628
Signed
Mitsunobu ga
InscriptionsPoem: Ari ya nashi ya/ fuku hôzuki wa/ sata yobiko
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.