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煙管を持つ遊女
Courtesan with a Pipe
煙管を持つ遊女
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.6 x 18 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20481
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The first version of this print: Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #46; another print from the later series: McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #48
DescriptionFrom a series that re-used the figures of courtesans from the series Keisei mitate Ressenden shichiban no uchi, with the allusions to Taoist immortals removed, a new brown background, and new poems.
Signed
Gakutei hitsu
岳亭筆
岳亭筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Yashima
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.